Grayer v. State

Paul Ward, Associate Justice.

This Petition for a Writ of Habeas Corpus was filed in this Court as an original action by John Ed Grayer who is incarcerated in the Arkansas State Penitentiary, serving two sentences (one for burglary and one for grand larceny) for a total of twenty-eight years. Sentences, after conviction, were pronounced on August 21, 1958 by the Circuit Court of Crittenden County.

The petition, an unverified statement, signed by John Ed Grayer (apparently in his own handwriting), sets out, in substance, the following alleged facts:(a) He was arrested for burglary and grand…