JONES v. GLADDEN


443 P.2d 640 (1968)

Irvin Russell JONES, Appellant, v. Clarence T. GLADDEN, Warden, Oregon State Penitentiary, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc.

Decided July 24, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth C. Hadley, Deputy Public Defender, Salem, argued the cause for appellant. On the brief was Lawrence A. Aschenbrenner, Public Defender, Salem.

David H. Blunt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Salem, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Robert Y. Thornton, Atty. Gen., Salem.

Before PERRY, C.J., and McALLISTER, SLOAN, O'CONNELL, GOODWIN, DENECKE and HOLMAN, JJ.


PERRY, Chief Justice.

The petitioner Irvin Russell Jones on the 19th day of September, 1941, with counsel, entered his plea of guilty to the crime of murder in the second degree, and, as was mandatory under the statute, the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment.

Petitioner filed this post-conviction proceeding alleging, (1) that the sentencing court was without jurisdiction to accept his plea or pronounce sentence upon him, and (2) that he did not...

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