MURPHY v. CRANFILL


416 S.W.2d 363 (1967)

Andrew Howard MURPHY, Appellant, v. William CRANFILL, Sheriff of Jefferson County, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

June 16, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph H. Logan, Hardy, Logan & Tross, Louisville, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Frankfort, Cecil Davenport, Asst. County Atty., Louisville, for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

This habeas corpus proceeding raises the question of the validity of KRS 439.175, which relates to parole of prisoners convicted of misdemeanors. The act was declared unconstitutional by the circuit court and relief was denied appellant.

By judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court appellant was sentenced to confinement in the Jefferson County jail for a period of one year on a charge of attempted storehouse breaking. While serving this sentence...

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