We have received correspondence which we treat as a petition for writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner asserts he is being illegally held because the crime he committed— snatching a purse containing only $12—is not a felony. He fails to recognize that it is the "snatching" that defines his crime, not the amount snatched.
PETITION DENIED.
COBB and PETERSON...
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