State ex rel. Donehue v. Russell

This is an appeal from a judgment of the trial court dismissing a petition for the writ of habeas corpus. On September 17, 1963, petitioner was tried and convicted in the Criminal Court of Hamilton County for the offense of murder in the first degree. He was sentenced to a term of twenty-five years and one day in the State Penitentiary.

In November, 1966, he filed his petition for the writ of habeas corpus. After a hearing, the trial judge denied the petition.

The alleged crime occurred on the night of June 16, 1963, at which time petitioner was only seventeen years of age. His birth occurred…