LANHAM v. COMMONWEALTH


353 S.W.2d 201 (1962)

Joseph R. LANHAM, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

March 2, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph R. Lanham, pro se.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., John B. Browning, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


PALMORE, Judge.

Appellant is a prisoner in the Kentucky State Reformatory at La Grange. He appeals from a judgment of the Oldham Circuit Court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The petition shows that in 1952 appellant pleaded guilty in the Jefferson Circuit Court to a charge of storehouse breaking and his punishment was fixed at 5 years' imprisonment. The order finding him guilty and setting the penalty provided additionally as follows...

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