Model Habeas Petition and Request for Stay Prison Law Office Form

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hi everybody this is attorney john coochie from houston texas and today i'm going to tell you about a habeas corpus petition a habeas corpus petition means literally in latin produce the body so when do you use a habeas corpus petition in a criminal case a good example is when a criminal defendant is in jail and there might be charges from one or two counties there might be a probation hold or a parole hold but it might be confusing and there might be many different things going on so if you feel like you are being held unlawfully or a hold is wrong you file a habeas corpus petition you file it against the sheriff or the jail or the warden of the jail and it forces the warden and the court to give you a hearing so you can see if you are being held unlawfully or if you're being held right and when i say right is there enough legal reasons or is there a good legal reason to keep you in jail while you're waiting for your trial or hearing so what happens is you need to file a habeas corpus