Ex parte Grubbs

Citations

• 79 Miss. 358

Syllabus

<p>1. Habeas Cobpus. Convicts. Misdemeanors. Justice of the peace. Defective apdauits. Criminal procedure.</p> <p>A defendant who has been convicted of a misdemeanor before a justice of the peace will not be released from custody on a writ of habeas corpus because of defects in the affidavit upon which the conviction is based.</p> <p>2. Same. Judgment. Collateral attack.</p> <p>Where a justice of the peace acquires jurisdiction of the person of a defendant charged with a misdemeanor, his judgment cannot be collaterally attacked.</p>