Waddle v. Sargent

Donald L. Corbin, Justice.

Petitioner filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in Lincoln County, the county where he is currently being held in prison. The circuit court of that county denied the petition. Petitioner appeals. The primary issue is whether he is being held in the Arkansas Department of Correction without lawful authority. He is being held without lawful authority, and, as a result, we grant the writ of habeas corpus subject to the order we deem proper.

On July 8, 1988, the petitioner was charged in the Circuit Court of Faulkner County with the rape and capital murder of…