Case Name: Terrence VANN, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Terry RUSSELL, Defendant/Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2014-09-02
Citations: 439 S.W.3d 852
Docket Number: No. ED 101838
Parties: Terrence VANN, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Terry RUSSELL, Defendant/Respondent.
Judges: LISA VAN AMBURG, J. and PHILIP M. HESS, J., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 439
Pages: 852–852

Head Matter:
Terrence VANN, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. Terry RUSSELL, Defendant/Respondent.
No. ED 101838.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Five.
Sept. 2, 2014.
Terrence Vann, Bonne Terre, MO, pro se for appellant.
Stephen D. Hawke, Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.

Opinion:
ANGELA T. QUIGLESS, Chief Judge.
Appellant appeals from the judgment denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The State has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal. Appellant has not filed a response. We dismiss the appeal.
Appellant filed a petition for habeas corpus with the trial court, which denied his petition. Appellant filed an appeal from this judgment and has raised two points in his brief assigning error to the denial of his habeas petition. However, the denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus is not appealable. Blackmon v. Missouri Board of Probation and Parole, 97 S.W.3d 458, 458 (Mo. banc 2003); Webster v. Purkett, 110 S.W.3d 832, 837 (Mo.App.E.D.2003).
The State's motion to dismiss is granted. The appeal is dismissed for lack of an appealable judgment.
LISA VAN AMBURG, J. and PHILIP M. HESS, J., concur.