Goodwin v. Smith

Almand, Chief Justice.

This appeal is from an order denying the prayers of Perry Goodwin on his petition for the writ of habeas corpus, wherein he charged that he was being illegally restrained of his liberty by the respondent warden of the State Prison.

In his response the warden alleged that Goodwin was being held by reason of sentences totaling 15 years imposed upon him in December, 1959, by Muscogee Superior Court.

On the hearing of the rule nisi the petitioner testified that he was 48 years old; that on December 18, 1959, he, in open court, entered his written plea of guilty to a 6-count…