Harrod v. Whaley

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The special circuit judge dismissed the petition for a writ of habeas corpus of Otis Harrod, a prisoner in the reformatory at LaGrange, upon the face of the papers. The petitioner was convicted in the Jefferson Circuit Court of the crime of breaking and entering a storehouse and his penalty fixed at life imprisonment under the Habitual Criminal Act. KRS 433.190, 431.190. We affirmed. Harrod v. Commonwealth, 311 Ky. 810, 226 S.W.2d 4. A writ of cer-tiorari was denied by the Supreme Court. 339 U.S. 915, 70 S.Ct. 562, 94 L.Ed. 1341. Authenticated copies of the indictment,…