State Ex Rel. McIsaac v. Sigler

McCALEB, Justice.

On September 6, 1957 appellant was sentenced to serve concurrent terms of five and ten years in the State Penitentiary on his plea of guilty to charges of narcotic addiction and possession of a hypodermic needle in violation of R.S. 40:962(A) and (B).

In April of 1958, he applied to this court for a writ of habeas corpus in the proceedings entitled State of Louisiana v. Roosevelt McIsaac, No. 44,064 of our docket. The application was denied on the ground that relator had not exhausted his remedy in the courts of original jurisdiction. 1

Conformably with this ruling, appellant…