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Application of Butler

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided October 28, 1959No. A-12813Published

1Opinion of the Court

346 P.2d 348 (1959)

In the Matter of the Application of Franklin O'Neal BUTLER, alias Wilbur Carl Sweeton, for Writ of Habeas Corpus.

No. A-12813.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.

October 28, 1959.

James M. May, McAlester, for petitioner.

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

BRETT, Judge.

This is an original action by petition for habeas corpus whereby the petitioner seeks relief from custody by Hon. Clarence O. Hurt, Sheriff of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, who has him in custody by virtue of a hold order in favor of the State of Texas. It appears…

Also in this document: Dissent.

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Ponzi v. FessendenSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
  2. Appleyard v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1906
  3. Compton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
  4. People Ex Rel. Barrett v. BartleyIllinois Supreme Court · 1943
  5. Lunsford v. HudspethCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1942

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