STATE EX REL. MAY v. SWENSON

No. 36,413.

242 Minn. 570 (1954)

STATE EX REL. DOUGLAS BRUNO MAY v. EDWIN T. SWENSON.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 30, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas Bruno May, pro se, for appellant.


MATSON, JUSTICE.

Relator appeals from a district court order (1) granting a motion to quash a writ of habeas corpus issued in his behalf and (2) remanding him to the custody of the respondent.

In 1936, relator was arrested for the murder of his wife. Within a few hours after arrest he had signed a confession admitting the killing. Thereafter he was indicted for first degree murder, a charge to which he pleaded not guilty. At the arraignment the court assigned...

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