WHITE v. CROUSE

No. 43,958

193 Kan. 674 (1964)

396 P.2d 333

MURL D. WHITE, Appellant, v. SHERMAN H. CROUSE, Warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed November 7, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Scott, of Topeka, argued the cause, and Samuel C. Jackson, of Topeka, was with him on the briefs for the appellant.

Richard H. Seaton, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause, and William M. Ferguson, Attorney General, was with him on the briefs for the appellee.


The opinion of the court was delivered by

PARKER, C.J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Leavenworth County denying petitioner (Murl D. White), who is presently serving a life sentence in the state penitentiary for the crime of murder in the first degree (G.S. 1949, 21-401), a writ of habeas corpus.

The undisputed facts required for a proper understanding of the contentions advanced by petitioner on appeal can be stated thus...

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