State Of Louisiana v. Cornelius L. Wilson

STATE OF LOUISIANA

COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

STATE OF LOUISIANA NO. 2019 KW 1294

VERSUS

CORNELIUS WILSON
NOV 2 5 2019

In Re: Cornelius Wilson, applying for supervisory writs, 18th
Judicial District Court, Parish of Iberville, No.

78849.

BEFORE: MCDONALD, THERIOT. AND CHUTZ, JJ.

WRIT DENIED. This court' s records show that relator was

convicted in the Nineteenth Judicial District Court of
felony
offenses and sentenced to the Department of Public Safety and

Corrections in docket number 10- 12- 0480. Habeas corpus deals

with pre -conviction complaints concerning custody and is not the
proper procedural device for postconviction relief. La. Code
Crim. P. art. 351. Furthermore, habeas corpus is not available

to contest the validity of the conviction or to have the

sentence set aside; such claims are considered requests for
postconviction relief and must be filed in the parish in which

the petitioner was convicted. See La. Code Crim. P. art. 925;
Sinclair v. Kennedy, 96- 1510 ( La. App. 1st Cir. 9/ 19/ 97), 701
So - 2d 457, 460, writ denied, 97- 2495 ( La. 4/ 3/ 98), 717 So. 2d
645.

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COURT OF APPEAL, FIRST CIRCUIT

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