Case Name: Larry E. WINDEKNECHT, Appellant, v. Gene STUBBLEFIELD, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2003-03-04
Citations: 98 S.W.3d 884
Docket Number: No. ED 82382
Parties: Larry E. WINDEKNECHT, Appellant, v. Gene STUBBLEFIELD, Respondent.
Judges: LAWRENCE G. CRAHAN and ROBERT G. DOWD, JR., JJ., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 98
Pages: 884–884

Head Matter:
Larry E. WINDEKNECHT, Appellant, v. Gene STUBBLEFIELD, Respondent.
No. ED 82382.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Five.
March 4, 2003.
Larry Windeknecht, Pacific, pro se.
Andrew W. Hassell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, MO, for respondent.

Opinion:
LAWRENCE E. MOONEY, Chief Judge.
Larry Windeknecht appeals from a judgment denying his petition for writ of habeas 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, 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.