Prater v. Hunt

FRUGÉ, Judge.

By petition filed in this court, the relator Prater applies to our original jurisdiction to issue writs of habeas corpus ordering his release from custody in the Louisiana State Penitentiary on the grounds that he is being improperly detained in that institution.

The original jurisdiction of the Louisiana courts of appeal is limited to matters arising in cases of which they have appellate jurisdiction. Since they do not have appellate jurisdiction in criminal matters, the original jurisdiction of these intermediate courts to issue writs of habeas corpus does not include within its…