Burns v. Hand

The opinion o£ the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court of Leavenworth county denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus.

In October, 1956, the appellant here, Delphos B. Burns, was placed on trial in the district court of Hamilton county on the charge of murder in the first degree. He was represented by counsel throughout the trial and was convicted of manslaughter in the first degree. Pursuant thereto he was sentenced to confinement in the state penitentiary for a term not less than five years nor more than twenty-one years (G. S.…