Jamie Darnell Lee v. Dexter Payne

Summary

The court affirmed the denial of Lee’s habeas petition, holding that the omission of his name from the body of the criminal information did not deprive the trial court of personal jurisdiction. The court reasoned that the offenses’ commission within the county supplied personal jurisdiction and that any defect in the information was trial error rather than a jurisdictional defect. The court declined to reach Lee’s statutory, due-process, and double-jeopardy claims because they did not establish a basis for habeas relief.