Qualls v. State

NIX, Judge.

This is an original petition in Mandamus by Ealic Qualls, being one and the same person as Ealia Qualls, Inmate #62379, for a casemade from the District Court of Carter County, Oklahoma.

Petitioner was sentenced to life imprisonment for the crime of Murder on June 5, 1959, and seeks a casemade for the purpose of testing the legality of his conviction and sentence.

Title 22 O.S.A. § 1054 provides that in felony cases, an appeal must be taken within six months (amended to three months in 1961) after judgment is rendered. This provision of the statute is mandatory, and must be strictly…