Case Name: VAN METER v. SNOOK, Warden, etc.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1926-10-19
Citations: 15 F.2d 377
Docket Number: No. 4914
Parties: VAN METER v. SNOOK, Warden, etc.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 15
Pages: 377–377

Head Matter:
VAN METER v. SNOOK, Warden, etc.
(Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
October 19, 1926.)
No. 4914.
Edward Van Meter, in pro. per.
J. W. Henley, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.
Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
This is an appeal from an order denying a discharge under a writ of habeas corpus. The attack on the judgment of conviction under which appellant was held was based on the action of the trial court in overruling a plea of former conviction; that court's jurisdiction of the offense charged and of the appellant not being impeached.
The ground of attack on the judgment being a mere asserted error of the trial court in ruling on- a matter set up as a defense, that action of the trial court is not subject to be reviewed on habeas corpus. Ex parte Bigelow, 113 U. S. 328, 5 S. Ct. 542, 28 L. Ed. 1005; In re Eckart, Petitioner, 166 U. S. 481, 17 S. Ct. 638, 41 L. Ed. 1085; 2-9 C. J. 45. If the attacked ruling was erroneous, the error did not have the effect of rendering the judgment of conviction a nullity.
The order is affirmed.