Case Name: Michael HOLMES, Appellant, v. Larry ROWLEY, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2002-11-26
Citations: 91 S.W.3d 676
Docket Number: No. ED 81787
Parties: Michael HOLMES, Appellant, v. Larry ROWLEY, Respondent.
Judges: LAWRENCE G. CRAHAN and ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., JJ., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 91
Pages: 676–676

Head Matter:
Michael HOLMES, Appellant, v. Larry ROWLEY, Respondent.
No. ED 81787.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Five.
Nov. 26, 2002.
Michael E. Holmes, Bowling Green, pro se.
Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon, Atty. Gen., John Munson Morris, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.

Opinion:
LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Chief Judge.
Michael Holmes appeals from a judgment denying his petition for writ of habe-as corpus.
We are obligated to determine whether we have jurisdiction and if we lack jurisdiction to entertain an appeal, then it should be dismissed. Fischer v. City of Washington, 55 S.W.3d 372, 377 (Mo.App. E.D.2001). An appeal does not lie from a decision in a habeas corpus proceeding. Bebee v. State, 619 S.W.2d 363 (Mo.App. S.D.1981). Where a petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied, the petitioner's remedy is by way of a successive application for writ of habeas corpus. State ex rel. Bennett v. Gagne, 623 S.W.2d 87, 89 (Mo.App. W.D.1981).
The appeal is dismissed for lack of an appealable judgment.
LAWRENCE G. CRAHAN and ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., JJ., concur.