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In Ex parte Gower, 92 Okla. Cr. 315, 223 P.2d 154, and numerous other cases it has been held that the guilt or innocence of the petitioner is not a matter that may be inquired into by habeas corpus.
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No. A-11409.
October 4, 1950.
(Syllabus.)
1. Habeas Corpus — Writ not Substituted for an Appeal. Guilt or innocence of accused of crime for which he was convicted and sentenced will not be inquired into on habeas corpus as habeas corpus may not be substituted for an appeal.
2. Same — Burden on Petitioner to Show Court Rendered Judgment Without Jurisdiction. Burden is on petitioner in habeas corpus to show that court which rendered judgment was without jurisdiction.
Original action in habeas corpus by Walter Lee Gower for purpose of securing his release from State Penitentiary. Demurrer sustained and writ denied.
Walter Lee Gower, per se.
Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen., for respondent.
There was filed with the Clerk of the Criminal Court of Appeals an unverified petition by Walter Lee Gower in which he complained that he was illegally detained in the State Penitentiary upon a conviction for burglary in the second degree. The petition is quite rambling and in it petitioner contends that he was not guilty of breaking into a place but alleges that he was merely drinking and "got out of line by trespassing". No copies of any of the instruments filed in the trial court are attached to the petition. The Attorney General has filed a demurrer to the petition.
We are of the opinion that an unverified petition for habeas corpus with allegations such as are herein set forth, there being no certified copy of the information or judgment and sentence of the lower court attached to the petition, is insufficient to question the validity of the commitment by which the person is incarcerated in the penitentiary.
Demurrer sustained, and writ denied.
BRETT and POWELL, JJ., concur.