Wilkes v. Raines

BUSSEY, Judge.

Petitioner, an inmate of the State Penitentiary at McAlester, Oklahoma pleaded guilty in cases No. 26567 and No. 26568 in the District Court of Oklahoma County to the charge, in each case, of Forgery in the Second Degree. Thereafter, on the 5th day of October, 1960, he was sentenced to a term of five years in the State Penitentiary in each case, with the sentences to run concurrently.

In the habeas corpus proceeding brought herein by the petitioner, he alleges that the sentences imposed were gross, excessive and unreasonable for the reason that he was led to believe that he would…