SAWYER v. CLARK

No. 46S00-9005-CR-364.

576 N.E.2d 1254 (1991)

Adolphus SAWYER, Jr., Appellant, v. Richard CLARK, Warden, Indiana State Prison, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Indiana.

Rehearing Denied November 7, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adolphus Sawyer, Jr., pro se.

Linley E. Pearson, Atty. Gen., Arthur Thaddeus Perry, Deputy Atty. Gen., Indianapolis, for appellee.


GIVAN, Justice.

In 1989, appellant was convicted of Murder in the Madison County Superior Court, Division III, The Honorable Thomas Newman, Jr., Judge. Following his incarceration in the Indiana State Prison, appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in LaPorte Superior Court Two. Appellant claims the Madison Superior Court was without jurisdiction to try him because: (1) he was arrested without probable cause in Delaware County and no preliminary...

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