Luquire v. Holman

COLEMAN, Justice.

Appellant is confined in Kilby Prison. On December 1, 1965, he applied to the Circuit Court of Montgomery County for a writ of habeas corpus directed to the Warden of Kilby Prison. After a hearing, the court denied appellant’s prayer for discharge and remanded him to the custody of the warden. Appellant appeals from the judgment denying his discharge and assigns that ruling as error.

Appellant is imprisoned under a judgment of the Circuit Court of Walker County rendered April 13, 1959. By that judgment, on a plea of guilty, the court adjudged appellant guilty of grand larceny…