SWANNERS v. THOMAS


387 S.W.2d 307 (1965)

Ted W. SWANNERS, Appellant, v. Luther THOMAS, Warden, Kentucky State Penitentiary, and Dr. Harold E. Black, Director of Corrections, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied March 19, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ted W. Swanners, pro se.

Robert Matthews Atty. Gen., George F. Rabe, Asst. Atty Gen., Frankfort, for appellees.


CULLEN, Commissioner.

Ted Swanners, held in confinement in the State Penitentiary at Eddyville on a five-year felony sentence imposed in 1963, instituted habeas corpus proceedings in the Lyon Circuit Court claiming that his confinement at Eddyville is unlawful because the judgment of conviction sentenced him to the State Reformatory at LaGrange. The Lyon Circuit Court entered judgment dismissing Swanners' petition and he has appealed to this Court.

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