Fredrick D. Mason v. Wendy Kelley

Summary

The court affirmed the dismissal of Mason’s habeas petition because his claims concerned alleged trial errors involving proof and presentation of his habitual-offender status, not the facial validity of the judgment or the circuit court’s jurisdiction. Such evidentiary, due-process, and habitual-offender proof claims were not cognizable in habeas proceedings and should have been raised at trial, on direct appeal, or in a Rule 37 petition.