State v. Nicholson

INZER, Justice:

This is an appeal by the State of Mississippi from an order of the Chancery Court of Newton County granting a writ of ha-beas corpus on petition of Andrew J. Nicholson on the ground that his probation was wrongfully revoked by the Circuit Court of Newton County. We reverse and render.

The petition for the writ of habeas corpus alleged that the petitioner was confined in the Mississippi State Penitentiary as the result of an order of the Circuit Court of Newton County revoking his probation because petitioner had been convicted on a charge of reckless driving in the City Court of…