DOWD, WARDEN v. TODD

No. 30,079.

243 Ind. 232 (1962)

184 N.E.2d 4

DOWD, WARDEN ETC. v. TODD.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Filed July 24, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin K. Steers, Attorney General, and Richard C. Johnson, Deputy Attorney General, for appellant.

Robert S. Baker, Public Defender, and Thomas A. Hoadley, Deputy Public Defender, for appellee.


ACHOR, J.

The appellee brought an action for writ of habeas corpus against the Warden of the Indiana State Prison in the Superior Court of LaPorte County, claiming that the judgment under which he was committed was void, and that the Criminal Court Division Two of Marion County had no jurisdiction to enter the sentence which was imposed upon him. The LaPorte Circuit Court granted the writ of habeas corpus, from which...

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