Hampton v. Page

BRETT, Judge:

This is an original action in habeas cox‘pus instituted by the petitioner, James Dwain Hampton, for the purpose of securing his release from confinement in the state penitentiary.

The records before this court show that petitioner was convicted of murder in Kiowa County, Oklahoma, charged to have been committed on February 25, 1964. Trial was had on December 1, 1964, and defendant was found guilty by a jury and sentenced to life imprisonment. He lodged his appeal from said judgment and sentence in this court in due time, and the case was affirmed October 6, 1965. Attorneys for…