Charles H. Cindle v. Ray H. Page, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary

Cindle, an Oklahoma state prisoner, appeals from an order of the federal district court summarily denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. He was tried and convicted in the state- court for the offense of escaping from a state prison and sentenced to serve an indeterminate term of two to six years. The judgment was affirmed on appeal to the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals on the sufficiency of the evidence and the asserted denial of a constitutionally guaranteed speedy trial. Cindle v. State, 433 P.2d 528 (Okl.Cr.1967).

Post conviction relief was then sought in the state court on the…