Block v. Page

MEMORANDUM OPINION

NIX, Judge:

This is an original proceeding in which petitioner, Jessie Block, has filed for a Writ of Habeas Corpus alleging the illegality of his confinement by respondent in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary under a Life sentence for Rape, imposed in the District Court of Garfield County, Case No. 1654, on January 14, 1937. Petitioner contends that:(1) He was not advised of his constitutional rights, including counsel,(2) He was denied a preliminary examination ; and,(3) His plea of guilty was involuntary, and inadvisedly entered.

A plea of guilty, voluntarily and…