State ex rel. Bradford v. Bowen
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The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment of the court of appeals denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus sought by Appellant, holding that the court of appeals properly weighed the evidence.
Appellant, Pele Bradford, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging that his convictions for aggravated murder and other offenses were void because he was seventeen years old at the time of the offenses and not bound over from juvenile court. The Supreme Court reversed the court of appeals' decision granting summary judgment in favor of the warden because the court of appeals improperly considered a copy of a birth certificate attached to the warden's motion for summary judgment. On remand, the court of appeals denied the writ. On appeal, Appellant argued that the court of appeals "improperly consider[ed] the warden's return of the writ" and that a certain filing by the warden should have been stricken. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the court of appeals properly weighed the evidence after treating the warden's filing as a return of writ.
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