McLISH v. DISTRICT COURT OF PONTOTOC COUNTY

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McLISH v. DISTRICT COURT OF PONTOTOC COUNTY
1968 OK CR 114
443 P.2d 131
Case Number: A-14684
Decided: 06/26/1968
Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals

Original proceeding in which petitioner seeks writ of mandamus. Case dismissed.

Richard R. McLish, pro se.

G.T. Blankenship, Atty. Gen., Hugh H. Collum, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRETT, Judge:

¶1 On May 27, 1968, Richard M. McLish filed in this Court a petition for writ of mandamus, asking this Court to compel the district court of Pontotoc County to withdraw and dismiss a detainer (warrant No. 6153) lodged against him by the authorities of Pontotoc County with the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, where petitioner is presently serving a sentence of two years, rendered by the district court of Pontotoc County on a conviction for grand larceny.

¶2 The Attorney General has filed a response to this petition, stating that case No. 6153 in the justice court of J. Blair Gilbreath of Pontotoc County was dismissed on May 24, 1968, and attached a certified copy of the order of dismissal to his response.

¶3 The question presented herein having become moot, the petition is dismissed.

NIX, P.J., and BUSSEY, J., concur.

 

 

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