Thomas v. Maggard

CULLEN, Commissioner.

In July 1956, a judgment was entered in the Leslie Circuit Court convicting Floyd Maggard of the offense of armed robbery, and sentencing him to a term of 21 years in the state penitentiary, in Lyon County. In October 1957, Maggard sought a writ of habeas corpus from the Lyon Circuit Court, on the ground that the judgment of conviction and the sentence were void. The court sustained the ground, and entered judgment that Maggard be released from the penitentiary, but that he he delivered to the “proper officers” of Leslie County “for such proceedings as it may be proper to…