Case Name: Harry D. SMITH, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of New Mexico et al., Respondents
Court: Supreme Court of New Mexico
Jurisdiction: New Mexico
Decision Date: 1962-11-08
Citations: 71 N.M. 112
Docket Number: No. 5 HC
Parties: Harry D. SMITH, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of New Mexico et al., Respondents.
Judges: COMPTON, Chief Justice, and CARMODY, CHAVEZ, MOISE and NOBLE, Justices, concurring.
Reporter: New Mexico Reports
Volume: 71
Pages: 112–112

Head Matter:
376 P.2d 54
Harry D. SMITH, Petitioner, v. The PEOPLE of the State of New Mexico et al., Respondents.
No. 5 HC.
Supreme Court of New Mexico.
Nov. 8, 1962.
COMPTON, Chief Justice, and CARMODY, CHAVEZ, MOISE and NOBLE, Justices, concurring.

Opinion:
Ordered that the request for free process be and the same is hereby granted and the petition for writ of habeas corpus be and the same is hereby denied for the reasons that the function of writ of habeas corpus is not to review the record for errors of the trial court and the petition states no facts showing petitioner is unlawfully deprived of his liberty.