State Ex Rel. Dowd v. Superior Ct. of Laporte Co.

On Petition for Rehearing.

Fansler, C. J.

On June 10, 1941, the relator filed a petition seeking a writ prohibiting the respondent from issuing a writ of habeas corpus on the petition of one John Botwinski.

It appears without controversy that Botwinski was charged with bank robbery in the Jasper Circuit Court, a court of general criminal jurisdiction; that he entered a plea of guilty; that there was a judgment finding him guilty; and that he was sentenced to the Indiana State Prison, and a commitment, regular in form, issued on said judgment, and that he was held by the relator under said…