Hickock & Smith v. Hand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jackson, J.:

This is an original proceeding brought by the petitioners for a writ of habeas corpus. The petitioners were each convicted of first degree murder on four counts in the district court of Finney county and the jury assessed the death penalty on each count. Just a year ago, petitioners’ appeal from the above convictions came on for decision in this court. (State v. Hickock & Smith, 188 Kan. 473, 363 P. 2d 541.)

The court-appointed attorneys filed motions for rehearing as to the above decision, but immediately the court began to receive letters…