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STATE v. ENGLISH

No. 44,094

198 Kan. 196 (1967)

424 P.2d 601

STATE OF KANSAS, Appellee, v. JAMES FRANCIS ENGLISH, Appellant, and JAMES FRANCIS ENGLISH, Petitioner, v. JOHN ROBINSON, Superintendent, Larned State Hospital, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Kansas.

Opinion filed March 4, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert T. Cornwell, of Wichita, argued the cause and was on the briefs for petitioner-appellant.

Keith Sanborn, County Attorney, argued the cause, and Robert C. Londerholm, Attorney General, and Richard H. Seaton, Assistant Attorney General, were with him on the briefs for appellee and respondent.

Waldo B. Wetmore and Jim Lawing, both of Wichita, were on the brief for Kansas Civil Liberties Union, amici curiae.

The opinion of the court was delivered by

KAUL, J.:

James Francis English (petitioner-appellant), hereafter referred to as English or appellant, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus directly in this court and has also perfected an appeal from a conviction of forcible rape (G.S. 1949, 21-424, now K.S.A. 21-424) and commitment to the Larned State Hospital, hereafter referred to as Larned. John E. Robinson, Superintendent of the Larned State Hospital...

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