Moore v. Hand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Price, J.:

This is an appeal from an order of the district court of Leavenworth county denying an application for a writ of habeas corpus.

On December 20, 1957, the petitioner, Paul Moore, was duly arraigned in the district court of Butler county in case No. 5879, in which he was charged with the offense of issuing a worthless check. He was represented by counsel and entered a voluntary plea of guilty, and was sentenced to the state penitentiary for the term prescribed by law. Upon his application he was, on the same day, granted a bench parole and was…