Hurt v. Lackey

BUSSEY, Judge.

This is an original application for a writ of mandamus brought by O. R. Hurt seeking an order to require the District Court of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, to pass upon, in a pending habeas corpus proceeding, the validity of a judgment and sentence entered against him in the District Court of Oklahoma County.

The question thus presented is whether a District Court may pass upon the validity of a judgment and sentence rendered by a district court of another county.

While the question herein presented has never been squarely passed upon by the courts of this state, this court in the…