Ex Parte Secrest

Petitioner, Itoy Secrest, seeks discharge from the custody of Clay Grooms, Sheriff of Cooper County, Missouri, by the Habeas Corpus Act. Production of petitioner’s body having been waived, respondent, Clay Grooms, filed return alleging that he is the duly elected, qualified and acting Sheriff of Cooper County, Missouri, and in his said official capacity is holding the body of petitioner, Roy Secrest, under and by virtue of a judgment and commitment issued by the Circuit Court of Cooper County, Missouri, a certified copy of said judgment and commitment being attached to and made a part of his…