Trugillo v. Edmondson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus. The petitioner was convicted of murder in the first degree and his punishment fixed at death; He was, pursuant to sentence, conveyed to the state penitentiary at Lansing. On July 19,1949, his sentence was by the governor commuted to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. He is now held in that institution.

On May 1, 1953, he filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus. He alleged that his conviction and sentence were void because at the trial he was not represented by competent and…