Anderson v. Kelley

The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court dismissing Appellant’s petition for writ of habeas corpus, holding that charging Appellant in an amendment to the information originally filed in his brother’s case did not deprive the trial court of either subject-matter or personal jurisdiction.Appellant was not personally charged in an original felony information, but, rather, Appellant’s name was added to an amendment to the felony information that originally charged only his brother with the offenses of which Appellant was later convicted. As grounds for issuance of the writ, Appellant argued that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to enter the judgment of conviction because he was charged in an amendment to the felony information that charged his brother. The Supreme Court affirmed the habeas court’s dismissal of Appellant’s petition, holding that charging Appellant in an amendment to the information charging his brother did not deprive the trial court of either subject-matter or personal jurisdiction. View "Anderson v. Kelley" on Justia Law