State ex rel. Smith v. Henderson

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

In their habeas corpus petition, Victor Smith and *595Thomas Coleman say that their 1959 convictions for rape and sentences to 25 years’ imprisonment were void because they were arrested without a warrant, they were not represented by counsel at interrogation and were threatened by officers, they were not represented by counsel at the prehminary hearing, they were convicted on circumstantial evidence, and the Legislature was improperly apportioned at the time of their convictions.

Counsel was appointed to represent the petitioners in this proceeding. The respondent…