Davis v. Reed

Robert L. Brown, Justice.

This appeal is taken from a denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The appellant, Raymond Dale Davis, contends on appeal as he did in circuit court that the original court accepting his guilty plea and sentencing him lacked jurisdiction to do so. We disagree and affirm the circuit court’s decision to deny his petition for habeas corpus relief.

The facts precipitating Davis’s petition are undisputed. On January 6, 1992, the prosecuting attorney for the Eleventh Judicial District-West filed two felony informations for capital murder and attempted capital…