Fields v. Hobbs (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAppellant pleaded guilty to one count of rape in the Perry County Circuit Court and one count of rape in the Conway County Circuit Court and was sentenced to a term of imprisonment. Appellant subsequently filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in Hot Spring County, where he was incarcerated, arguing that the Perry County Circuit Court lacked jurisdiction to convict and sentence him because the information pertaining to the investigation of the crime to which he pled guilty in Perry County indicated that the alleged sexual activity took place in Conway County. The circuit court denied the habeas petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the circuit court did not err in finding that Appellant failed to demonstrate probable cause that the Perry County Circuit Court lacked territorial jurisdiction to convict and sentence him on the rape charge; and (2) Appellant's claim that the Conway County judgment-and-commitment order was invalid on its face was not cognizable in this habeas corpus proceeding.
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