Ramsey v. Hand

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schboeder, J.:

This is an appeal in a habeas corpus action by the warden of the state penitentiary from an order of the district court of Leavenworth County granting the petitioner’s writ and directing his discharge.

The primary question presented is whether the district court of Crawford County, which originally tried the petitioner on a first degree murder charge, was without jurisdiction to accept his plea of guilty because of alleged failure of the district judge to find that appointment of counsel over petitioner’s objection would not have been to…