JOHNSON v. HAYNES

No. KCD 26752.

504 S.W.2d 308 (1973)

Earsel Larry JOHNSON, Petitioner, v. Edward E. HAYNES, Respondent.

Missouri Court of Appeals, Kansas City District.

December 31, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard L. McFadden, 19th Judicial Circuit Public Defender, Jefferson City, for petitioner.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Preston Dean, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Before DIXON, C. J., and SHANGLER, PRITCHARD, SWOFFORD, WASSERSTROM and SOMERVILLE, JJ.


DIXON, Chief Judge.

On a verified petition which alleged that petitioner had fully served a sentence imposed on him and was, therefore, entitled to immediate release, we issued our writ of habeas corpus. We now conclude that on the entire record, the writ was improvidently issued and should be quashed.

This court has accumulated a gargantuan file of correspondence from the petitioner, the public defender, and the Attorney General's office, but the pleadings...

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