Dexter v. Rakestraw

MEMORANDUM DECISION BY ORDER GRANTING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

WILLIAMS, Acting Chief Justice.

Petitioner, Toni Dexter, natural mother of Jeremiah Dexter, age four years, brings original application to this court for Writ of Habeas Corpus to require Respondent, Honorable Arthur Lory Rakestraw, Judge of the District Court of Oklahoma County, to deliver to her the custody of her infant son.

Upon presentation and hearing of the Writ of Habeas Corpus, the proof shows that Jeremiah Dexter was removed from Petitioner’s custody on May 30,1978, pursuant to an ex parte pre-adjudicatory order issued that…