William Ray Jones v. David L. Davis, Warden

Petitioner, who is serving a life sentence in the Kentucky State Reformatory under conviction as an habitual criminal, appeals from the order of the District Court denying his application for writ of habeas corpus.

The sole question raised on this appeal arises from the failure of the clerk of the state court in which petitioner was convicted, following the return of the indictment by the grand jury, to give notice to the State Commissioner of Mental Health as required by K.R.S. §-203.340. 1

Petitioner contends that failure of the clerk to give the required notice deprived him of an opportunity…