BURKS v. STATE

No. 5203.

405 S.W.2d 935 (1966)

Robert Lee BURKS, Appellant, v. STATE of Arkansas, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

September 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Smith & Smith, McGehee, for appellant.

Bruce Bennett, Atty. Gen., by Fletcher Jackson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


HARRIS, Chief Justice.

Robert Lee Burks, an inmate at the State Penitentiary, filed his petition for a writ of habeas corpus1 on December 29, 1965, in the Desha County Circuit Court, setting out that on or about April 21, 1958, after entering a plea of guilty, he was sentenced to serve a term of three years in the penitentiary by the Desha County Circuit Court on a charge of grand larceny. The record reflects that this three years was...

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