Perdue v. Coiner

Caplan, Judge:

This is an appeal from a final order of the Circuit Court of Mercer County, wherein the court denied the petitioner, Dwight Perdue, appellant herein, a writ of habeas corpus.

The appellant was tried and found guilty on an indictment returned by the Grand Jury of the Intermediate Court of Mercer County. Upon the judgment entered by that court on September 22, 1970, he was sentenced to confinement in the state penitentiary for a term of from one to ten years. The appellant then appealed said judgment to the Circuit Court of Mercer County following which, on May 13, 1971, said…