Section 2 Procedure

• Library: Remedies 2006

A writ of habeas corpus may be originally sought in the circuit court—Mo. Const. art. V, § 14; State ex rel. Rudolph v. Ryan,
38 S.W.2d 717 (Mo. banc 1931); State ex rel. Bennett v. Gagne,
623 S.W.2d 87, 89 (Mo. App. W.D. 1981); Fernbaugh v. Clark, 173 S.W.2d 646 (Mo. App. W.D. 1942)—or in the Supreme Court or the court of appeals, Mo. Const. art. V, § 4.

When a person held in custody on a criminal charge seeks relief under Rule 91, the petition in the first instance must be to a circuit judge or an...