Ex Parte Washington

The petitioner, Walter Washington, was charged with the crime of murder in the district court of Pottawatomie county, Okla., on August 28, 1942, alleging that he did commit the crime of murder on August 31, 1931. He was subsequently tried and convicted of manslaughter in the first degree and sentenced to serve a term of 20 years in the State Penitentiary. On appeal this court modified the sentence to a term of ten years imprisonment in the State Penitentiary and affirm ed the judgment. Washington v. State, 80 Okla. Cr. 300, 159 P. 2d 278.

This action was instituted by the petitioner in which…