LANE, ETC. v. HOBBS

No. 30,648.

246 Ind. 640 (1965)

208 N.E.2d 182

LANE, ETC. v. HOBBS.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing denied September 27, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Dillon, Attorney General, and David S. Wedding, Deputy Attorney General, for appellant.

Ralph W. Probst and Probst & Probst, of Kendallville, for appellee.


ARTERBURN, J.

This is an appeal from the granting of a writ of habeas corpus by the LaPorte Circuit Court, which released the appellee, Arnold G. Hobbs, from the Indiana State Prison where he was committed to serve a fifteen year sentence by the Circuit Court of Allen County, Indiana for embezzlement.

After the jury's verdict of guilty, the court fixed the sentence of fifteen [15] years.

The appellee contends that the penalty fixed by the statute was...

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