Ex Parte Holden

On the 11th day of March, 1918, the petitioner, Charles Holden, was convicted of manslaughter in the district court of Cleveland county, with his punishment fixed at confinement in the penitentiary for a term of four years. The petitioner sought to set aside this conviction in an appeal filed in this court. Pending this appeal the petitioner was released on bond, and on the 16th day of September, 1918, he pleaded guilty in the district court of Jackson county to a charge of manslaughter in the first degree, upon which plea the court rendered judgment assessing his punishment at imprisonment…