Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Barnett
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided September 15, 1939No. A-9698PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDoyle, P. J.
The petitioner, Lawrence L. Barnett, now confined in the state penitentiary, alleges that he is unlawfully imprisoned and detained without authority of law, under a judgment of the district court of Adair county, rendered June 11, 1934, finding him guilty of the offense of attempt to rape, wherein he was sentenced to serve a term of 50 years’ imprisonment.
Petitioner seeks his release upon the ground that it conclusively appears from the record that said district court did not have jurisdiction to render the judgment, in that he was denied constitutional rights guaranteed to him by the…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Mooney v. HolohanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Polk v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1924
- Goben v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1921
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3Cited by52 opinions
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