Lovell v. State

SIMMONS, Retired Circuit Judge.

Appellant, an indigent with temporary residence in the penitentiary, filed a pro se instrument in the circuit court which he and his appointed counsel, on inquiry by the court, asserted to the court that it was a petition for a writ of habeas corpus and asked that it be so treated. The court acted according to the request and treated it as a habeas corpus proceeding. We, of course, follow the court’s ruling.

It appears from the record that defendant was convicted on three different indictments: (a) forgery of a deed; (b) false pretense; and (c) another charge of…