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ROBINSON v. JONES

347 S.W.2d 514 (1961)

Haynes E. ROBINSON, Appellant, v. William L. JONES, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 9, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haynes E. Robinson, pro se.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., William A. Watson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

BIRD, Chief Justice.

A writ of habeas corpus was denied and the petition was by judgment dismissed. Petitioner appeals.

In Adkins v. Commonwealth, Ky., 328 S.W.2d 412, 413, we said:

"A writ of habeas corpus to relieve a petitioner from the consequences of a judgment of conviction in a criminal prosecution does not lie unless the judgment is void as disclosed by the record in which the judgment was rendered.<...

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