Jones v. Cochran

O’CONNELL, Justice.

The petitioner, Billie Jones, a minor plead guilty to a charge of auto theft and was given an indeterminate sentence of six months to five years imprisonment.

As a result of the filing of the petitioner’s petition for writ of habeas corpus we issued our rule nisi to which the respondent filed a return. Thereupon the petitioner filed a document entitled “Brief In Support Of Rule Nisi” which we will treat as a traverse of the return of the respondent.

While we find no merit in many of the allegations of the petition and the “Brief,” there are two matters which do demand our…