Still v. State

DONALDSON, Justice.

This Court is again confronted with the question of whether appellate review of a criminal conviction may be obtained by a writ of habeas corpus rather than through the procedures found in the Uniform Post-Conviction Procedure Act, I.C. §§ 194901 to 194911.

On April 24, 1967, the petitioner, Guy Junior Still, pled guilty to two counts of first degree murder in the Third District Court, Gem County. He was subsequently sentenced to two consecutive life prison terms. Following his incarceration in the state penitentiary, he apparently filed a pro se application with the Third…