Jones v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAppellant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Crawford County Circuit Court. At the time he filed the petition, Appellant was in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Correction at the Ouachita River Unit in Hot Spring Unit and remained in custody at that unit. The circuit court denied the petition. Appellant appealed. The Supreme Court dismissed the appeal for lack of jurisdiction, holding that the Crawford County Circuit Court did not have personal jurisdiction to issue and make returnable a writ of habeas corpus for Appellant in Hot Spring County.
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