Van Meter v. Snook

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Van Meter v. Snook, 15 F.2d 377 (5th Cir. 1926)
1926 U.S. App. LEXIS 2904

Van Meter v. Snook

Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from an order denying a discharge under a writ of habeas corpus. The attack on the judgment of conviction under which appellant was held was based on the action of the trial court in overruling a plea of former conviction; that court’s jurisdiction of the offense charged and of the appellant not being impeached.

The ground of attack on the judgment being a mere asserted error of the trial court in ruling on- a matter set up as a defense, that action of the trial court is not subject to be reviewed on habeas corpus. Ex parte Bigelow, 113 U. S. 328, 5 S. Ct. 542, 28 L. Ed. 1005; In re Eckart, Petitioner, 166 U. S. 481, 17 S. Ct. 638, 41 L. Ed. 1085; 2-9 C. J. 45. If the attacked ruling was erroneous, the error did not have the effect of rendering the judgment of conviction a nullity.

The order is affirmed.

Reference

Full Case Name
VAN METER v. SNOOK, Warden, etc.
Cited By
3 cases
Status
Published