But no officer on the return of any habeas corpus can inquire into the legality or justice of any judgment, decree or execution specified in Section 44-1-16 NMSA 1978.
History: Laws 1884, ch. 1, § 18; C.L. 1884, § 2029; C.L. 1897, § 2798; Code 1915, § 2606; C.S. 1929, § 63-118; 1941 Comp., § 25-1118; 1953 Comp., § 22-11-18.
Legality of imprisonment does not rest upon mittimus, but upon judgment, and a prisoner who has been legally and properly sentenced to prison cannot obtain his discharge simply because there is an imperfection, or error, in the mittimus. Shankle v. Woodruff, 1958-NMSC-054, 64 N.M. 88, 324 P.2d 1017.
Valid judgment is not nullified by flaws in the commitment. Shankle v. Woodruff, 1958-NMSC-054, 64 N.M. 88, 324 P.2d 1017.
Objections to information not grounds for release. — Petitioner's objections to an information, if valid and the error reserved, might make the basis of a timely appeal but are not grounds for release on habeas corpus. Shankle v. Woodruff, 1958-NMSC-054, 64 N.M. 88, 324 P.2d 1017.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 39 Am. Jur. 2d Habeas Corpus § 64.
39 C.J.S. Habeas Corpus § 81.
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