May v. Carlton

*342OPINION

GARY R. WADE, J.,

delivered the

opinion of the court,

in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined. WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., J., with whom CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., joins, dissenting.

Incident to a conviction for first degree murder, the petitioner was declared infamous, a status which involves the loss of rights of citizenship, including the right to vote. At the time of the offense, homicide was not listed as an infamous crime under the statute. We granted permission to appeal to determine whether the judgment could be corrected through the writ of habeas corpus. Because…