LEWIS v. STATE

No. A-14893.

449 P.2d 930 (1969)

Melvin A. LEWIS, Petitioner, v. STATE of Oklahoma, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

January 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Melvin Alphonzo Lewis, pro se.

G.T. Blankenship, Atty. Gen., Charles Owens, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


PER CURIAM:

This is an original proceeding in which Melvin Alphonzo Lewis seeks habeas corpus release from his present incarceration in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary under authority of judgment and sentence rendered on February 24, 1966, in the District Court of Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, on a jury verdict finding Petitioner guilty of murder and assessing his punishment at death.

A timely appeal of the conviction...

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