State ex rel. Bennett v. Gagne

PRITCHARD, Judge.

Respondent, Virgil Bennett, was charged in the Municipal Court of Kansas City, Missouri, of the offense of operating a motor vehicle while his driver’s license was suspended. On January 3, 1980, he entered a pro se plea of guilty to the charge and was sentenced to 30 days incarceration at the Municipal Corr'Xitional Institute. Thereafter, respondent filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri, alleging that he was unlawfully restrained of his liberty by appellant, Superintendent of the Municipal Correction Institute, for the…