Legal Opinion

Pyle v. Edmondson

Supreme Court of Kansas

Decided November 12, 1955No. 39,852PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Wertz, J.:

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court denying appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

It is appellant’s contention that he has not been given proper time credit on his sentence while incarcerated in the state penitentiary and, by reason thereof, his constitutional rights have been violated.

The record discloses that appellant was first received at the state penitentiary from Sedgwick County on August 12, 1936, to serve a term of from two to twenty years for the crime of forgery in the second degree. He was subsequently…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Craven v. HudspethSupreme Court of Kansas · 1952
  2. Wears v. HudspethSupreme Court of Kansas · 1949
  3. Fitch v. EdmondsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1954
  4. Young v. EdmondsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 1955

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. McQueen v. CrouseSupreme Court of Kansas · 1964

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