Ruben J. Flowers v. The State of Oklahoma and Ray Page, Warden, State Penitentiary

HILL, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, presently confined in the Oklahoma Penitentiary, appeals from a denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

The undisputed record shows that he was charged in the District Court of Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, with the crime of burglary in the second de gree, after conviction of a felony. A jury trial was had and a verdict of guilty resulted. Under Oklahoma procedure, 1 a two-stage trial is required when an accused is charged as Flowers was and such a two-stage trial was had in this case. In the firgt stage the state presents evidence as'to the guilt of…