SHELTON v. STATE

No. A-13338.

381 P.2d 324 (1963)

Thomas Lee SHELTON, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, to Robert R. Raines, Warden of Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma, Respondents.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

April 10, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Lee Shelton, pro se.

Charles Nesbitt, Atty. Gen., Hugh Collum, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondents.


NIX, Judge.

This is an original proceeding for a Writ of Habeas Corpus filed by the petitioner, Thomas Lee Shelton, who was convicted in the District Court of Noble County, Oklahoma for the crime of Manslaughter and was sentenced to 99 years in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary.

Petitioner contends that he was forced to trial with an attorney who lacked in sympathy and interest because of prejudice. This is not a question to be raised on Habeas Corpus and this...

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