CULLEN, Commissioner.
Ernest Watkins appeals from a judgment of the Lyon Circuit Court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus by which he sought release from confinement in the state penitentiary.
Watkins was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1943. In 1965, on a motion filed by Watkins under RCr 11.42, the Perry Circuit Court entered an order setting aside the 1943 judgment. However, in January 1966, on an appeal by the Commonwealth, this Court...
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