Legal Opinion

A.P. v. Crownpoint Family Court

Navajo Nation Supreme Court

Decided May 14, 2015No. SC-CV-45-14Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

Minor Child (A.P.) returns to us for a second time after a second detention with a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and a Petition for Writ of Superintending Control or An Alternative Writ to disqualify the presiding judge in the underlying delinquency proceeding. In the first ease, SC-CV-13-14, we issued a Writ of Habeas Corpus against the Director of the Department of Corrections and held an immediate hearing. From that hearing, we determined A.P. had been illegally detained and ordered her immediate release. Subsequently, the presiding judge on behalf of the Respondent-Crownpoint…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Thompson v. GreyeyesNavajo Nation Supreme Court · 2004
  2. Wirtz v. BlackNavajo Nation Supreme Court · 2007

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