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Wyo. Stat. § 1-27-125 (2026)

Certain proceedings not reviewable.

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Habeas corpus is not permissible to question the correctness of
the action of a grand jury in finding a bill of indictment, or a
petit jury in the trial of a cause nor of a court or judge when
acting within their jurisdiction and in a lawful manner.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 13 cases, 1985–2017 · leading case: Hennigan v. State, 746 P.2d 360 (Wyo. 1987).
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Hennigan v. State, 746 P.2d 360 (Wyo. 1987). · cites it 14× “Section 1-27-125, W.S. 1977, a part of the statutory fabric of the grand jury in Wyoming since 1876, provides in pertinent part: "Habeas Corpus is not permissible to question the correctness of the action of a grand jury in finding a bill of indictment, * * * when acting within…”
State Ex Rel. Hopkinson v. Dist. Court, Teton Cnty., 696 P.2d 54 (Wyo. 1985). · cites it 3× “For example, § 1-27-125, W.S., 8 provides that habeas corpus cannot question the correctness of a verdict of a jury or finding of a judge when they are acting within their jurisdiction in a lawful manner.”
Hopkinson v. State, 798 P.2d 1186 (Wyo. 1990). · cites it 4× “1977 provides: "Habeas corpus is not permissible to question the correctness of the action of a grand jury in finding a bill of indictment, *1188 or a petit jury in the trial of a cause nor of a court or judge when acting within their jurisdiction and in a lawful manner." 11.…”
Phillips v. Ferguson, 182 F.3d 769 (10th Cir. 1999). · cites it 2× “1997); see also Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-27-125 . 1 On May 2, 1997, the Wyoming Supreme Court rejected Phillips’ appeal.”
Saunders v. Hornecker, 344 P.3d 771 (Wyo. 2015). · cites it 2× “") (citing Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-27-125 and Hollibaugh v.”
Weldon v. Ramstad-Hvass, 512 F. App'x 783 (10th Cir. 2013). “2002); see also Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-27-125 ("Habeas corpus is not permissible to question the correctness of the action of a .”
Derrick R. Parkhurst v. Duane Shillinger, Warden of the Wyoming State Penitentiary, Wyoming Attorney Gen., 128 F.3d 1366 (10th Cir. 1997). “See Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-27-125 ; State ex rel.”
Hamill v. Ferguson, 937 F. Supp. 1517 (D. Wyo. 1996). · cites it 2× “See Wyo.Stat. § 1-27-125 (“Habeas corpus is not permissible to question the correctness of the action of a grand jury in finding a bill of indictment, or a petit jury in the trial of a cause nor of a court or judge when acting within their jurisdiction and in a lawful manner.”
Weldon v. Wyoming Dep't of Corr. State Penitentiary Warden, 963 F. Supp. 1098 (D. Wyo. 1997). · cites it 2× “2d 155 (1985); see also Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-27-125 . In particular, “[a] court’s judgment cannot be impeached by a writ of habeas corpus except for jurisdictional reasons.”
Timothy M. Dwyer, 2015 WY 34 (Wyo. 2015). · cites it 2× “”) (citing Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-27-125 and Hollibaugh v.”
Weldon v. Pacheco (10th Cir. 2017). “at 1100 (citing Wyo. Stat. Ann. § 1-27-125 ). The district court therefore applied an “anticipatory procedural bar” 2 and dismissed them with prejudice.”
Hopkinson v. State, 798 P.2d 1193 (Wyo. 1990). · cites it 2× “1977 provides: “Habeas corpus is not permissible to question the correctness of the action of a grand jury in finding a bill of indictment, or a petit jury in the trial of a cause nor of a court or judge when acting within their jurisdiction and in a lawful manner.”
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