WADDLE v. SARGENT

No. CR 92-1227.

855 S.W.2d 919 (1993)

313 Ark. 539

Edward Eugene WADDLE, Appellant, v. Willis SARGENT, Warden, Arkansas Department of Correction, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 21, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Eugene Waddle, pro se.

Clint Miller, Senior Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for appellee.


CORBIN, Justice.

Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in Lincoln County, the county where he is currently being held in prison. The circuit court of that county denied the petition. Petitioner appeals. The primary issue is whether he is being held in the Arkansas Department of Correction without lawful authority. He is being held without lawful authority, and, as a result, we grant the writ of habeas...

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