WILSON v. BENNETT

No. 50135.

107 N.W.2d 435 (1961)

Sylvester WILSON, Appellant, v. John E. BENNETT, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

February 8, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sylvester Wilson, pro se.

Norman A. Erbe, Atty. Gen., Marion R. Neely, Asst. Atty. Gen., and George E. Wright, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


THORNTON, Judge.

The question presented is now moot.

Petitioner was convicted, on a plea of guilty, of a violation of The Uniform Narcotic Drug Act (second offense) as defined in chapter 204, Code of Iowa 1954, I.C.A., on the 11th of July, 1957, in the Polk District Court. He was sentenced to serve not less than five years nor more than ten years in the State Penitentiary.

On May 28, 1960, after our decision...

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