Ex Parte Sullivan

TERRELL, J.:

This is a habeas corpus proceeding in which petitioner seeks to avoid a judgment of murder in the first, degree wherein the extreme penalty was imposed on him. It is contended that the judgment is void because one of the jurors who rendered the verdict was disqualified because of being a deputy sheriff and that this fact was not known to petitioner until months after his conviction.

The judgment imposing the death penalty was affirmed by this Court, petition for rehearing was denied, and petition for leave to file a writ of error coram nobis was denied May 26, 1944. The latter was…