Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Lewis
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided October 11, 1950No. A-11427PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPowell, J.
Bill Edward Lewis filed in this court petition for writ of habeas corpus, seeking his release from the State Penitentiary, where he is confined by reason of a judgment and sentence of the district court of Tulsa county, entered September 28, 1949, wherein he was sentenced to a term of five years.
The petition was prepared without the aid of counsel, and since this court has often held that a petition for writ of habeas corpus prepared by an inmate of the penitentiary will be liberally construed, Ex parte Cassidy, 83 Okla. Cr. 159, 174 P. 2d 271; Ex parte Walker, 84 Okla. Cr. 190, 180 P. 2d…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Martin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
- Ex Parte WalkerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1947
- Harrell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1947
- Ex Parte TuckerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1950
- Ex Parte CassidyCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1946
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Cortez v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1966
- Green v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1955
- Killough v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1951
- Brake v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1963
- Martin v. RainesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1961
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