Headley v. State ex rel. Bethune

BARKDULL, Chief Judge.

Appellant, respondent in habeas corpus, seeks review of an order of the circuit *480court, holding that the arrest of the appellee [pursuant to a warrant based on an affidavit of one other than a police officer] was invalid and discharging the appellee from custody.

The record on appeal discloses that the appellee was arrested pursuant to a warrant based on the affidavit of one Geraldine Johnson. Thereafter, the appellee filed his petition for habeas corpus in the trial court, complaining of being arrested pursuant to an arrest warrant issued: (1) for an offense not committed…