Case Name: Forrest Frank Petty, Petitioner, v. R. H. Hudspeth, Warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary, Respondent
Court: Kansas Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Kansas
Decision Date: 1948-10-09
Citations: 165 Kan. 625
Docket Number: No. 37,185
Parties: Forrest Frank Petty, Petitioner, v. R. H. Hudspeth, Warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kansas Reports
Volume: 165
Pages: 625–625

Head Matter:
No. 37,185
Forrest Frank Petty, Petitioner, v. R. H. Hudspeth, Warden of the Kansas State Penitentiary, Respondent.
(198 P. 2d 179)
Opinion filed October 9, 1948.
William C. Karnazes, of Kansas City, argued the cause, and was on the briefs for the petitioner.
Harold R. Fatzer, assistant attorney general, argued the cause, and Edward F. Am, attorney general, was with him on the briefs for the respondent.

Opinion:
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Smith, J.:
This is a habeas corpus action in which petitioner is confined in the penitentiary at Lansing. He seeks his release.
His first argument is that he was denied the right to be indicted by a grand jury. We disposed of that argument in the case of Bailey v. Hudspeth, 164 Kan. 600, 191 P. 2d 894. (See, also, Cox v. Hudspeth, post, p. 671, this day decided.)
Petitioner next argues that he was denied the right to counsel. This is a right which may be waived. The stenographic transcript of the proceedings at the time he was sentenced show without a doubt he did waive it knowingly.
Petitioner also argues he was coerced into pleading guilty, but the argument as to his denial to right of counsel applies to that.
The writ is denied.