Pruitt v. Burford

This is an original action by the petitioner, Odis Pruitt, wherein he alleges the invalidity of a judgment and sentence under which he stands committed to the State Penitentiary.

In the petition it is alleged that the petitioner was sentenced after a jury trial for the crime of burglary in the second degree after the former conviction of a felony, but that said judgment was void because no preliminary examination was ever held on said charge.

The Attorney General has filed a demurrer to the petition and has further called our attention to the case of Ex parte Pruitt, 89 Okla. Cr. 312, 207 P. 2d…