Bush v. Chappell

Mobley, Presiding Justice.

Earl Bush filed his post-conviction petition for writ of habeas corpus against the Sheriff of Sumter County, who was detaining him under a sentence of twelve months imposed on him in the Civil and Criminal Court of Sumter County after his conviction for child abandonment. He asserted that this sentence was illegal and void because venue was not proved and the court had no jurisdiction or venue of the case. He further asserted that the Honorable T. 0. Marshall, Judge of the Superior Court of Sumter County may be prejudiced against him by reason of previous litigation,…