Lawton v. Hand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jackson, J.:

Virgil Gail Lawton, who is confined in the state penitentiary at Lansing, brings this original petition for a writ of habeas corpus, and alleges that he was convicted under the provisions of G. S. 1949, 21-2311 of the crime of possession of marijuana and sentenced to serve a term of from one to five years in the penitentiary for the first offense; that he was charged with having marijuana in his possession on or about December 17, 1957; that the trial and conviction of petitioner took place- in the district court of Montgomery county on…