APPLICATION OF KENTON

No. A-13208.

371 P.2d 742 (1962)

Application of Willis KENTON for a Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

May 9, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay C. Baker, Tulsa, for petitioner.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Lewis A. Wallace, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


BUSSEY, Judge.

This is an original proceeding by Willis Kenton, an inmate of the State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma, to secure his release from confinement.

Briefly, the facts upon which the petitioner seeks his release are as follows:

On May 9, 1961, petitioner was sentenced to serve a term of two years in the State Penitentiary after having been found guilty of the crime of Burglary in the 2nd degree by a jury in Case No. 18977, in the District...

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