Hardley v. State

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a petition for writ of habeas corpus – in which a petitioner claimed his parole was improperly revoked – should have been treated as a petition for post-conviction relief
• explaining that a challenge to the revocation of parole is a petition for post-conviction relief
• explaining that a challenge to the revocation of parole is a petition for post-conviction relief
• a defendant is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus if he is unlawfully incarcerated and entitled to immediate release
• “A defendant is entitled to a writ of habeas corpus if he or she is unlawfully incarcerated and is entitled to immediate release.”
• “The purpose of a writ of habeas corpus is to determine the lawfulness of custody or detention of the defendant and may not be used to determine collateral matters not affecting the custody process.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).