Ex parte Overturff

The defendant below, petitioner here, Thelma Overturff, was charged and convicted in the superior court of Okmulgee county, Henryetta Division, for the crime of public drunkenness, second and subsequent conviction, under Title 37 O.S. 1951 § 12, and was sentenced to serve a term of two years in the State Penitentiary. The sentence was suspended but subsequently revoked and the defendant ordered incarcerated under the original judgment and sentence. The defendant has applied for a writ of habeas corpus, seeking release from imprisonment.

This is a companion case of Ex parte Barnett, 96 Okla.…