STATE EX REL. THOMAS v. RIGG

No. 37,657.

255 Minn. 227 (1959)

96 N.W. (2d) 252

STATE EX REL. ROBERT THOMAS v. DOUGLAS C. RIGG.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 17, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Thomas, pro se, for appellant.

Miles Lord, Attorney General, and Charles E. Houston, Solicitor General, for respondent, warden of Minnesota State Prison.


NELSON, JUSTICE.

Relator petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus, which was granted. His petition is unnecessarily long, consisting of 22 pages, and states much that is immaterial. The relator was arrested in Morgan, Minnesota, on July 26, 1950. He voluntarily waived preliminary hearing and later, before the District Court of Redwood County, presented an application to enter a plea of guilty to the charge of robbery in the second degree. In his presence, the court...

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