Can the remedy of habeas corpus substitute the exercise of the right of appeal?
British Columbia, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cain v. Kent Institution (Warden), 2016 BCSC 670 (CanLII):
The remedy of habeas corpus cannot substitute for the exercise by prisoners of their right of appeal: May v. Ferndale Institution, 2005 SCC 82 [May] at para. 36.
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