Ex Parte Griffen

This is an original petition in habeas corpus brought by Bluford Daniel Griffen, petitioner, against Clarence P. Burford, warden of the Oklahoma State Penitentiary at McAlester, Okla. In his petition Griffen alleges he is restrained of his liberty by Warden Burford, under a void judgment and sentence issued against him out of the district court of Washita county, Okla., on February 6, 1947. Therein he alleges that the said judgment and sentence was predicated upon a plea of guilty made and entered on said date to a charge of burglary, and his punishment was fixed at confinement in the…