TITLE 19

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE

CHAPTER 42

HABEAS CORPUS AND INSTITUTIONAL LITIGATION PROCEDURES ACT

19-4202.  Jurisdiction to consider petitions for writ of habeas corpus. The following courts of this state shall have original jurisdiction to consider a petition for writ of habeas corpus, grant the writ and/or order relief under this chapter:

(1)  The supreme court; or

(2)  The district court of the county in which the person is detained.

History:

[19-4202, added 1999, ch. 376, sec. 2, p. 1027.]