Michael W. Williams, Appellant v. Wendy Kelley

Summary

The court affirmed dismissal of Williams’s habeas-corpus petition. It held that an administrative records document listing his sentence as “life with parole” did not make the facially valid judgment illegal, because the judgment and sentencing transcript imposed life imprisonment without mentioning parole. The court also held that Williams failed to show that the trial court lacked subject-matter jurisdiction over his criminal case, and his request for appointed counsel was therefore moot.