Hicks v. Hand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus. Petitioner is confined in the Kansas State Penitentiary pursuant to sentences imposed by the district court of Linn County on April 13, 1961, in cases Nos. 11,723, 11,726 and 11,729, upon his plea of guilty to each of the offenses. Cases 11,723 and 11,729 charged the petitioner with the burglary of separate dwelling houses in the daytime and of grand larceny committed in connection with the burglaries. The informations did not allege the presence of a human being in either house, nor the…