Freeman v. Maxwell

The questions to he determined are:(1) Whether the existence of the remedies provided by those statutes should prevent providing such remedies in an action in habeas corpus; and(2) If so, whether such effect should be given to those statutes in habeas corpus actions that were pending and undis-posed of on the effective date of those statutes.

Until recently, this court held that relief should not be given to a prisoner in habeas corpus where it appeared that the prisoner was being held pursuant to a judgment of conviction of a court of record which had jurisdiction to render that judgment. Ex…