Ex Parte Woods

Citations

• 125 P. 440
• 7 Okla. Crim. 645
• 1912 OK CR 228
• 1912 Okla. Crim. App. LEXIS 248

Syllabus

<p>1. HABEAS CORPUS — Grounds—Jurisdiction of Trial Court. Where a prisoner in custody under sentence of conviction seeks to be discharged on habeas corpus, the inquiry is limited to the question whether the court in which the prisoner was convicted had jurisdiction of the person of the defendant and of the crime charged; and, if the trial court had jurisdiction and power to convict and sentence, the writ cannot issue to correct mere errors.</p> <p>:2. SAME — Defect in Indictment or Information. A discharge from imprisonment under .a criminal conviction cannot be granted on habeas corpus, because the indictment or information was defective.</p> <p>.3. SAME — Irregularities. Habeas corpus does not lie to correct mere irregularity of procedure where there is jurisdiction. When the trial court has jurisdiction, errors in its proceeding can only be reviewed on appeal.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.)</p>