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ROGERS v. JONES

No. 41872.

240 Miss. 610 (1961)

128 So.2d 547

BASEL ROGERS AND DESOLEE THORNHILL v. JONES, SUPERINTENDENT OF MISSISSIPPI STATE PENITENTIARY

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

March 27, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip Singley, Roy J. Goss, Columbia, for appellants.

G. Garland Lyell, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.

RODGERS, J.

The petitioners, Basel Rogers and Desolee Thornhill, filed their petition for writ of habeas corpus against Fred Jones, superintendent of the State Penitentiary, in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County, alleging that they were wrongfully sentenced to the state penitentiary from the Circuit Court of Marion County, Mississippi, on a charge of manslaughter. Petitioners allege that they were caused to plead guilty to the charge upon a promise made by the...

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