Legal Opinion
Owen v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)
Decided June 17, 1955PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CULLEN, Commissioner.
William Wallace Owen, confined in the state penitentiary under a sentence of life imprisonment without privilege of parole, upon conviction of rape, sought release through petition to the Lyon Circuit Court for a writ of habeas corpus, maintaining that his conviction was void. The court dismissed his petition, and he has appealed. He is proceeding without benefit of counsel.
His petition alleges that he was convicted and sentenced in the Jefferson Circuit Court, in-January 1947, upon a plea of guilty; that although the judgment recites “the defendant” withdrew his former…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Smith v. BuchananCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
- Harrod v. WhaleyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1951
- Kidd v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
- Adams v. TuggleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1945
- Johnson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1934
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Brown v. HoblitzellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1957
- Higbee v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1964
- Thomas v. MaggardCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1958
- Mercer v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1961
- Pryor v. ThomasCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1962
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