Application of Lewis
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
1Opinion of the Court
BRETT, Judge.
This is an original petition for habeas corpus brought by A. L. Lewis, an inmate of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, wherein he complains he is being unlawfully restrained of his liberty. He alleges the cause of his restraint is a conviction out of the District Court of Comanche County, Oklahoma, on a charge of passing a bogus check. The judgment and sentence is not attached or pled in the petition. It appears to have been entered on or about October 25, 1957.
The petition raises no jurisdictional questions, but pleads that the action was barred by the statute of limitations, an…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- GermainMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1927
- People Ex Rel. Stevens v. MeyeringIllinois Supreme Court · 1932
- In Re Habeas Corpus of GoffCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1957
- Martin v. BiddleCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1926
- Martin v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1929
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- Skinner v. RainesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1959