Matthews v. Hobbs (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAppellant pled guilty to capital murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. Appellant later filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, arguing that he was insane or mentally incompetent at the time he entered his plea and that the trial court was deprived of jurisdiction to try an insane or mentally incompetent person. The circuit court declined to issue the writ. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that because Appellant's petition did not establish the facial invalidity of the judgment or demonstrate a lack of the trial court's jurisdiction, Appellant failed to establish a basis for a writ of habeas corpus to issue.
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