Johnson v. Payne (Majority, with Concurring)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court denying Appellant's pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant stated no ground on which the writ could issue.
Appellant entered a plea of nolo contenders to manslaughter and false imprisonment. Appellant was sentenced as a habitual offender to twenty years' imprisonment for manslaughter and ten years' suspended imposition of sentence for false imprisonment. Appellant later filed a habeas petition contending that the felony information in his case was insufficient because it did not charge him with being a habitual offender. The circuit court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant failed to establish that the trial court lacked jurisdiction in his case.
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