Legal Opinion

Dennis Wills v. Charles Egeler, Warden of State Prison of Southern Michigan

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided March 16, 1976No. 75-1611PublishedCited by 75 opinions

1Per curiam

Dennis E. Wills, petitioner-appellant, is serving a sentence of eight to fifteen years in a Michigan State Prison for armed robbery. His sentence was imposed by the Circuit Court of Macomb County on March 19, 1974 after the jury had returned a verdict of guilty.

District Judge Charles W. Joiner denied the application of Wills for a writ of habeas corpus. We affirm.

Wills contends that the state district court had no jurisdiction to bind him over for trial and therefore the state trial court acquired no jurisdiction to try and convict him. For this position he relies upon Article IV, § 24 of the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. People v. MiltonMichigan Supreme Court · 1974
  2. John Combs v. State of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976

3Cited by75 opinions

  1. Dwayne Allen Wright v. Ronald J. Angelone, Director of the Virginia Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1998
  2. Darrell Martin v. Herman Solem, Warden, South Dakota State Penitentiary, and Mark v. Meierhenry, Attorney General, State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1986
  3. Strunk v. MartinCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
  4. Denise Cleone Rhode v. Barbara Olk-Long, Warden, Iowa Correctional Institution for Women, Mitchellville, State of IowaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1996
  5. The United States of America Ex Rel. Antonio Roche, Relator-Appellant v. Charles J. Scully, Superintendent, Green Haven Correctional FacilityCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984

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