Clarence Stewart, Jr. v. O. E. Bishop, Superintendent of Arkansas State Penitentiary

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge.

The threshold issue before us is whether this court has acquired jurisdiction to review either or both of the two orders entered by the District Court in a habeas corpus proceeding instituted in such court by petition of Clarence Stew*676art, Jr., hereinafter referred to as defendant, wherein he asserts he is being illegally detained by the defendant, the superintendent of the Arkansas State Penitentiary, upon his conviction of murder in the state court and the resulting death sentence imposed. We hold that this court has not acquired jurisdiction to consider the…