Clemons v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAppellant was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. Appellant subsequently filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus. The trial court denied the petition for lack of jurisdiction based on its findings that Appellant was not incarcerated within the jurisdiction of the court. The Supreme Court reversed, holding that the trial court erred in finding that it lacked jurisdiction, as Appellant sought habeas relief under Act 1780 of 2001. Therefore, Appellant's petition was appropriately filed within the jurisdiction of the court in which he had been convicted, without regard to the place of his incarceration.
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