Deckard v. Bishop

MEMORANDUM OPINION

HENLEY, Chief Judge.

This habeas corpus proceeding, prosecuted in forma pauperis, is now before the Court on respondent’s response to the Court’s order to show cause why the writ of habeas corpus should not issue. Petitioner, Henry Deckard, an inmate of the Arkansas State Penitentiary by virtue of *876a 1964 judgment and commitment of the Circuit Court of Clay County, Arkansas, challenges the legality of his detention on federal constitutional grounds. He alleges in substance that the Clay County Circuit Court denied him procedural due process of law when it accepted his plea of…