Case Name: Kenneth Ray RUSSELL, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Floyd L. MARTIN, Judge of the District Court, and Jerry L. Ervin, Sheriff, Canadian County, State of Oklahoma, Respondents
Court: Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals
Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
Decision Date: 1974-03-08
Citations: 519 P.2d 1375
Docket Number: No. H-74-138
Parties: Kenneth Ray RUSSELL, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Floyd L. MARTIN, Judge of the District Court, and Jerry L. Ervin, Sheriff, Canadian County, State of Oklahoma, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pacific Reporter 2d
Volume: 519
Pages: 1375–1376

Head Matter:
Kenneth Ray RUSSELL, Petitioner, v. The Honorable Floyd L. MARTIN, Judge of the District Court, and Jerry L. Ervin, Sheriff, Canadian County, State of Oklahoma, Respondents.
No. H-74-138.
Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma.
March 8, 1974.

Opinion:
ORDER DECLINING JURISDICTION AND DIRECTING DISMISSAL OF PETITION
On this 8th day of March, 1974, this Court declines jurisdiction herein and directs dismissal of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus and Motion for Bail, for the reason the petition discloses that the present incarceration of petitioner arises from punishment assessed by respondent, The Honorable Floyd L. Martin, Judge of the District Court of Canadian County, Oklahoma, on a direct contempt charge. Under State of Oklahoma, ex rel. Glenn A. Young v. Hon. Charles S. Woodson, Judge of the District Court of Creek County, No. 46,564, Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma, December 11, 1973, the exclusive jurisdiction in contempt cases, both civil and criminal, is vested in said Court.
Accordingly, said Petition and Motion are dismissed.