Arnold v. Hudspeth

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Smith, J.:

This is a direct proceeding in habeas corpus wherein petitioner seeks to be discharged from confinement in the state penitentiary at Lansing.

The cause has been submitted on the petition and the answer together with the affidavits of the county attorney and counsel appointed for petitioner at his trial. These pleadings disclose the following facts:

Petitioner was convicted September 5, 1944, of forgery and sentenced to the reformatory at Hutchinson. December 20, 1945, he was paroled therefrom. November 14, 1946, he pleaded guilty to burglary in…