Brooks v. State

PRICE, Presiding Judge.

The appellant, John D. Brooks, filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Montgomery Circuit Court, seeking his release from Kilby Prison.

The return to the writ made by the warden of the prison, sets out a copy of the indictment, judgment and sentence of the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama. These documents appear to be regular in every respect and show that appellant was on November 21, 1962, adjudged guilty under an indictment charging burglary and grand larceny, and was sentenced to the penitentiary for a term of four years.

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