Missouri Court of Appeals, 2005

Hubert v. Purkett

Missouri Court of Appeals · Decided June 30, 2005 · Crahan, III, Norton

165 S.W.3d 585; 2005 Mo. App. LEXIS 997; 2005 WL 1530003 (South Western Reporter, Third Series)

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Opinion of the Court

GEORGE W. DRAPER III, C.J.

Dewayne Hubert (Appellant) appeals from a judgment denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The appeal is dismissed.

Appellant filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the circuit court. The petition was denied and Appellant has appealed to this Court. In response, the State has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal, contending this Court has no jurisdiction of the appeal. Appellant has not filed a response to the motion.

*586Here, Appellant seeks 'to appeal from the circuit court’s judgment Mgnying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. An appeal does not lie from the denialvof a petition for habeas corpus. Blackmon v. Missouri Board of Probation and Parole, 97 S.W.3d 458 (Mo. banc 2003); McDermott v. State, 120 S.W.3d 261, 262 (Mo.App. E.D. 2003). If we lack jurisdiction to entertain an appeal, then it should be dismissed. Fischer v. City of Washington, 55 S.W.3d 372, 377 (Mo.App. E.D. 2001).

A petitioner’s remedy where a petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied is to file a new writ petition in a higher court. Webster v. Purkett, 110 S.W.3d 832, 837 (Mo.App. E.D. 2003). Appellant has not filed a new writ petition.

The appeal is dismissed for lack of an appealable judgment.

LAWRENCE G. CRAHAN, J. and GLENN A. NORTON, J., concur.

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