STATE EX REL. DRESSLER v. RIGG

No. 37,451.

252 Minn. 239 (1958)

89 N.W. (2d) 699

STATE EX REL. VERNON C. DRESSLER v. DOUGLAS C. RIGG.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 18, 1958.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon C. Dressler, pro se, for appellant.

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


NELSON, JUSTICE.

Upon relator's appeal from an order of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, respondent moves for an order dismissing the petition upon the grounds that such petition is wholly lacking in merit and alleges no facts upon which a writ of habeas corpus may be based. The main legal issue involved is whether in a criminal proceeding, when the accused is convicted of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment, the law requires...

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