Miller v. Hand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This is an appeal from an order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner — hereafter referred to as defendant — is presently confined in the state penitentiary.

On February 9, 1959, defendant entered his plea of guilty in the district court of Morton county to charges of burglarly and larceny, and was duly sentenced to and confined in the penitentiary. He brought a habeas corpus proceeding in the district court of Leavenworth county, contending, among other things, that at the time of his plea and sentence in Morton county…