Court Opinion

ID: 9723680
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 10:27:01.848836+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:24:50.973680
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Concurring Opinion
DeBruler, J.
The trial court dismissed appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus on the grounds that it had no jurisdiction. No determination on the merits of appellant’s claim was made by the trial court. No motion to correct errors was filed in the trial court by appellant. However, both briefs before us contain lengthy discussion of the legal issues, and no factual dispute exists in the case, and in this posture, I believe that we are correct in disposing of this case on its merits. I *556likewise concur in the disposition made of the merits of appellant’s claim against him.
However, I would point out, that in my view, the trial court here, should have considered appellant’s petition as a post-conviction petition, and ordered it transferred to the Marion County Criminal Court, Division One, the court of origination, rather than dismissing the petition because it had no jurisdiction. Such a disposition of this petition is warranted by PC. Rule 1A(1) (e), which affords a remedy as follows:
“(1) Any person who has been convicted of, or sentenced for, a crime by a court of this state, and who claims:
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“ (e) that his sentence has expired, his probation, parole or conditional release unlawfully revoked, or he is otherwise unlawfully held in custody or other restraint. . .
and requires transfer of certain petitions for writ of habeas corpus in the following language:
“(3) This rule does not suspend the writ of habeas corpus, but if a petitioner applies for a writ of habeas corpus, in the court having jurisdiction of his person, attacking the validity of his conviction or sentence, that court shall under this rule transfer the cause to the court where the petitioner was convicted or sentenced, and the latter court shall treat it as a petition for relief under this rule.”
Hunter, J., concurs.
Note. — Reported in 282 N. E. 2d 792.