Legal Opinion
Application of Lister
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided July 20, 1955No. A-12205PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JONES, Presiding Judge.
■ This is an original action in habeas corpus instituted by Robert Lister for the purpose of securing his release from confinement in the penitentiary.
The jpetition alleges that Lister was convicted on September 16, 1953, in Case No. 1625, in the District Court of Custer County for the crime of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary. The petition is a repetition of the “Mother Hubbard” petitions for habeas corpus which we have been receiving from the penitentiary in recent weeks. It is unverified and contains all of the miscellaneous…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Ex Parte MonroeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1949
3Cited by3 opinions
- Robert Lister v. H. C. McLeod Warden, Oklahoma State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
- Application of BarnesCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1955
- Bennett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1964