BENNETT v. STATE

No. A-13537.

394 P.2d 650 (1964)

Lenruth BENNETT, Petitioner, v. The STATE of Oklahoma, and Ray H. Page, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, McAlester, Oklahoma, Respondents.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

July 22, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lenruth Bennett, pro se.

Charles Nesbitt, Atty. Gen., for respondents.


NIX, Judge.

This is an original proceeding in which the petitioner, Lenruth Bennett, seeks his release from the State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma, by Writ of Habeas Corpus.

His petition contends that he was convicted of perjured testimony, which he attempts to supplant with his own affidavit. This is not sufficient to bring the matter before the Court, and would have no part in habeas corpus proceeding if...

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