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TOWNSEND v. CROUSE

No. 43,446

191 Kan. 692 (1963)

383 P.2d 954

ROBERT PERRY TOWNSEND, Petitioner, v. SHERMAN H. CROUSE, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary, Lansing, Kansas, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed July 10, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Petitioner was on the briefs pro se.

Arthur E. Palmer, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and William M. Ferguson, attorney general, was with him on the briefs for the respondent.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

ROBB, J.:

This is an original proceeding in which petitioner seeks the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus releasing him from respondent's custody.

The record reveals that on April 6, 1956, petitioner was sentenced by the Chase district court to a term of not to exceed ten years in the state penitentiary at Lansing. Although certain details of earlier events are included...

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