Parra v. Page

1 This is an original proceeding in habeas corpus, whereby Gilberto Parra alleges that he is illegally confined in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and seeks his release therefrom. The petitioner asserts that he is confined in said penitentiary by virtue of a judgment and sentence rendered against him by the District Court of Greer County. That said judgment is void because the petitioner was denied due process during the course of events leading up to his plea of guilty to a murder charge. The record before us reflects that petitioner was taken into custody by the Sheriff of Greer County and charged with Murder on the 13th day of September, 1959. The record reveals that petitioner entered a plea to said charge on September 24, 1959 and was sentenced to serve Life in the penitentiary. The petitioner was then transported to the penitentiary on September 25, 1959.