SULLIVAN v. COOK

No. 45237.

218 So.2d 879 (1969)

Carroll SULLIVAN v. Tom D. COOK, Superintendent of Mississippi State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 17, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W.D. Kendall, W.S. Moore, Jackson, for appellant.

Joe T. Patterson, Atty. Gen., by Guy N. Rogers, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ROBERTSON, Justice.

After a hearing thereon, the Circuit Court of Madison County denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus filed by Carroll Sullivan. Petitioner appeals from this judgment.

Carroll Sullivan was indicted for the crime of burglary, pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to seven years in the state penitentiary with three years of this sentence suspended.

There are two principal assignments of error. Appellant contends:

(1) The...

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