Peeler v. State (Majority)
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the circuit court denying Appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, holding that Appellant's claims fell outside the purview of habeas relief.
Appellant was convicted of capital murder and kidnapping and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole. The Supreme Court affirmed on direct appeal. Appellant later filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was actually innocent and that insufficient evidence supported his capital murder conviction. The circuit court denied the petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that where Appellant was not challenging the facial validity of his life sentence or the jurisdiction of the circuit court to enter the judgment of conviction, Appellant was not entitled to habeas relief.
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