State v. Warner

Nebraska Advance Sheets 954 290 NEBRASKA REPORTS judge “by oath or affirmation.”7 Without the name of any offi- cer (or perhaps even a “John Doe” designation of some officer identified by means of the office he or she held), the applica- tion wholly failed to support issuance of a writ. But instead of simply denying the writ, the district court, without any citation to authority under the habeas corpus stat- utes, directed the State to file a response. At this point, the court ceased to follow the procedure dictated by the habeas corpus statutes and basically made up its own procedure. It is…