State ex rel. Thomas v. Murray, 27671.
| Decision Date | 10 February 1942 |
| Docket Number | No. 27671.,27671. |
| Parties | STATE ex rel. THOMAS v. MURRAY, Judge. |
| Court | Indiana Supreme Court |
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Original action by the State of Indiana, on the relation of Philson Thomas, against William J. Murray, as Judge of the Lake County Criminal Court, for a writ mandating respondent to permit the filing of a motion.
Petition denied.
Philson Thomas, of Michigan City, for appellant.
This is an original action seeking a writ mandating the respondent to permit the filing of a motion to ‘annul, vacate, and set aside the judgment of conviction and order of sentence, rendered against him in said court on the 23rd day of March, 1936.’ The motion was mailed to the clerk of the respondent court on the 24th day of September, 1941.
The respondent court had no jurisdiction to entertain such a motion after the term at which the judgment was entered.
Petition denied.
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