APPLICATION OF BARNES

No. A-12234.

289 P.2d 399 (1955)

In the Matter of the Application of Bennie Mack BARNES for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma.

October 26, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bennie Mack Barnes, petitioner, pro se.

Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., Sam H. Lattimore, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


JONES, Presiding Judge.

This is an original action in habeas corpus wherein the petitioner, Bennie Mack Barnes, seeks to secure his release from confinement in the state penitentiary.

The petition is in general terms but because of the allegations in one paragraph, we directed that a response be filed. In paragraph three of the petition it is alleged that the petitioner is an aged, illiterate Negro who had never been...

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