Freeman v. Raines

BUSSEY, Judge.

This is an application for writ of habeas corpus by Orville Franklin Freeman, an inmate of the State Penitentiary at McAles-ter, Oklahoma. Petitioner, during the January term (1960) of the Superior Court of Okmulgee County, entered a plea of guilty to a charge of robbery for which he received a sentence of ten years in the State Penitentiary at McAlester.

Petitioner’s sole contention is that he was denied his constitutional right to a court appointed counsel and further alleges that he was destitute of funds and without means to employ counsel of his own choice and that he never…