Legal Opinion

Best v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided April 21, 1964No. A-13495Published

1Opinion of the Court

JOHNSON, Presiding Judge.

James Best, #69137, has petitioned this Court to order his release from confinement in the State Penitentiary at McAlester. The case is presented upon a demurrer to-the petition, filed by the Attorney General on behalf of the Warden.

Petitioner alleges that he is confined in the penitentiary by reason of a judgment and sentence pronounced against him on September 27, 1963 by the district court of Ottawa County, Oklahoma, wherein he entered a plea of guilty to a charge of robbery with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced to a term of ten years in the penitentiary.

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2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Tartar v. BurfordCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
  2. Application of BrownCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1956
  3. Arles v. BurfordCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
  4. Horton v. WatersCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1952

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