Legal Opinion
Lloyd v. Jones
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided March 17, 1961PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MONTGOMERY, Judge.
Preston Lloyd appeals from a judgment dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant is now serving a life sentence in the Eddyville penitentiary under judgment entered upon his plea of guilty to the charge of forgery and of being an habitual criminal. KRS 431.190. A previous effort to obtain relief by habeas corpus failed. Lloyd v. Jones, Ky., 339 S.W.2d 479.
The gist of the complaint is that the application of the habitual criminal statute to him amounted to an unjust and illegal discrimination and a denial of the equal protection of the law, in that others…
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