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HOWELL v. BENNETT

No. 50062.

103 N.W.2d 94 (1960)

Ralph A. HOWELL, Appellant, v. John E. BENNETT, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

August 2, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph A. Howell, pro se, for appellant.

Norman A. Erbe, Atty. Gen., Marion R. Neely, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Theodor W. Rehmann, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.

THORNTON, Justice.

Petitioner, confined in the penitentiary at Fort Madison, filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus to test the legality of his imprisonment. The trial court denied relief because the petition showed on its face petitioner was not entitled to relief. We agree.

I. Petitioner was convicted by a jury in Scott county and on March 14, 1955, sentenced to the state penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa, for a period not to exceed 25 years as provided...

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