Stepanick v. Page

MEMORANDUM OPINION

LERBLANCE, Referee.

This is an original proceeding in which Patrick Joseph Stepanick seeks his release from the Oklahoma State Penitentiary by a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner alleges that his present incarceration under authority of judgement and sentence from Oklahoma County for carrying a concealed weapon after a former conviction is invalid since his former conviction resulted from the denial of right to counsel.

The United States Supreme Court in the recent case of Burgett v. State of Texas, 389 U.S. 109, 88 S.Ct. 258, 19 L.Ed.2d 319, decided November 13, 1967, held in…