Griffith v. Page

BRETT, Judge.

Petitioner, James David Griffith, files his petition for writ of habeas corpus in this Court, seeking his discharge from confinement in the state penitentiary; at Mc-Alester, where he is presently serving a life sentence, having entered a plea of guilty to a charge of murder, in the district court of Rogers County, Oklahoma, on February 8, 1954.

Petitioner states that he was arrested in Council Bluffs, Iowa and was illegally extradited to the State of Oklahoma to face the charge which resulted in his present confinement and custody in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary. Pie further…