MORGAN v. COOK

No. 45876.

236 So.2d 749 (1970)

John Henry MORGAN v. Thomas COOK, Superintendent, Mississippi State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

June 1, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alex B. Gates, Indianola, for appellant.

A.F. Summer, Atty. Gen., by Velia Ann Mayer, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, for appellee.


ETHRIDGE, Chief Justice:

John Henry Morgan, appellant, filed a petition in the nature of a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Sunflower County. He asserted that he was being improperly held in the maximum security unit of the state penitentiary, and that his pleas of guilty to indictments for murder, attempted murder, stealing a car, kidnapping, and attempted kidnapping were involuntary and were not knowingly and intelligently made. The circuit...

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