Rice v. Simpson

ORDER

JOHNSON, Chief Judge.

Petitioner now presents to this Court his application for a writ of habeas corpus. He alleges that in the Circuit Court of Pike County, Alabama, in February 1862, upon his pleas of guilty in state court criminal cases Nos. 6427, 6428 and 6429, he was sentenced by said state court to an aggregate of eight years in the state penitentiary. Petitioner alleges, further, that in August 1964 his pleas, and the judgment and sentence thereon in each of said state court cases, were set aside upon his application, and the proof offered in support thereof, for the writ of error…