Harding v. State

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE JAMES T. HARRISON

delivered the Opinion of the Court.

*148This is an original proceeding wherein petitioner seeks a writ of habeas corpus or other appropriate post-conviction remedy. Following an ex parte hearing an alternative order to show cause was issued by this Court on December 20, 1966. An answer was filed by the Attorney General’s office on behalf of the respondents.

On February 13, 1962, the following events took place: (1) Petitioner, John Clifford Harding, was charged in a two-count information with the crimes of grand larceny and attempted rape, both crimes alleged to…