Legal Opinion

Lesley v. Page

Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma

Decided July 19, 1967No. A-14177PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

NIX, Presiding Judge:

This is an original proceeding in which Charles Dean Lesley seeks a writ of habeas corpus from this Court. He complains that he didn’t have counsel when he entered his plea of guilty to an Armed Robbery charge in Johnston County in 1950, for which he received a sentence of Forty Years in the penitentiary, case #1558.

Petitioner did not attach any documents to his petition to substantiate this allegation, and this Court has held repeatedly that:

“Petitions for habeas corpus should have attached certified copy of information or indictment, as case may be, together with…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Butler v. PageCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1966
  2. Pulliam v. PageCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1965
  3. Buckner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1963
  4. Morgan v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1963
  5. Battle v. PageCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1965

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Charles Dean Lesley v. State of Oklahoma and Ray H. Page, Warden, Oklahoma State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969
  2. Charles Dean Lesley v. State of Oklahoma and Ray H. Page, Warden, Oklahoma State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1969

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