Earl Felton Crago, Jr. v. Arizona
1. Whether a state court defendant, when a state court of conviction lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter, can appeal a conviction to a higher state court when the state's statutes do not give them jurisdiction over the subject matter?
2. Whether the Federal Court has jurisdiction to hear upon a successive petition for writ of habeas corpus a claim that the state court did not have jurisdiction over the subject matter and therefore did not have jurisdiction to render judgment at conviction to a harsher term of imprisonment?
3. Whether the West Constitution and the Federal Court to sentence, not having subject jurisdiction when a state court offers a citizen to a harsher imprisonment when the state court did not offer jurisdiction to do so?
Whether the Federal Court has jurisdiction to hear successive petitions for writ of habeas corpus when state courts lack subject matter jurisdiction over a defendant's judgment of conviction