Can a defendant bring a writ of habeas corpus to challenge judicial acts in excess of jurisdiction?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Chlad, 6 Cal.App.4th 1719, 8 Cal.Rptr.2d 610 (Cal. App. 1992):
A defendant may bring a petition for writ of habeas corpus to challenge judicial acts in excess of jurisdiction (People v. Roe, supra, 148 Cal.App.3d 112, 118, 195 Cal.Rptr. 802) and " 'he must show that the trial court exceeded its jurisdiction in some manner.' " (People v. Olken (1981) 125 Cal.App.3d 1064, 1067, 178 Cal.Rptr. 497, citations omitted.)
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