Legal Opinion
Paul v. Waters
District Court, E.D. Oklahoma
Decided December 9, 1952No. Civ. No. 3204PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
WALLACE, District Judge.
The petitioner, Jess D. Paul, seeks by writ of habeas corpus1 2to be released from the State Penitentiary at McAlester, where he is serving a life sentence for murder, being sentenced July 28, 1926, upon a plea of guilty.3
The petitioner was denied a similar writ by the Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma in January of 1951.3 In that petition he alleged that the prosecuting authorities, knowing him to he innocent, inveigled him to enter a plea of guilty, all of which was in violation of due process of law guaranteed by the State 4 and Federal Constitutions.5
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- Smith v. O'GRADYSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Ex Parte MotleyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1948
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Moore v. FrazierDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1970