Luther Lewis v. Dexter Payne

Summary

The court affirmed denial of Lewis's habeas petition because none of his claims established that the commitment order was facially invalid or that the trial court lacked jurisdiction. His challenges to the sufficiency of the evidence, legality of his arrest, and voluntariness or procedures surrounding his guilty plea were not cognizable in habeas proceedings. The court held that plea-related coercion and ineffective-assistance claims had to be raised through a timely postconviction petition rather than habeas corpus.