Johnson v. Williams

GARDNER, Chief Justice.

In April, 1943, Frank Johnson, this appellant, filed in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, a petition for habeas corpus to be directed to the Warden of Kilby Prison, where petitioner was confined under a judgment of conviction of the Circuit Court of Jefferson County for t'he offense of rape with infliction of the death penalty. The writ was issued by the trial judge, and a hearing had, at which the State’s motion to dismiss the petition and quash the writ was granted. From this judgment of the circuit judge, petitioner has prosecuted this appeal.

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