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STATE EX REL. WELPER v. RIGG

No. 37,519.

254 Minn. 10 (1958)

93 N.W. (2d) 198

STATE EX REL. EVERETT WELPER v. DOUGLAS C. RIGG.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

November 28, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Everett Welper, pro se, for petitioner.

Miles Lord, Attorney General, and Charles E. Houston, Solicitor General, for respondent.

DELL, CHIEF JUSTICE.

Relator appeals from an order of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

1. The sole function of the writ as a post-conviction remedy is to ascertain whether the court had jurisdiction over the crime and over defendant's person, whether the sentence was authorized by law, and whether defendant was denied certain fundamental rights.1 It...

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