STATE EX REL. NELSON v. RIGG

No. 38,175.

259 Minn. 375 (1961)

107 N.W. (2d) 378

STATE EX REL. VERNIT NELSON v. DOUGLAS C. RIGG.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

February 3, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernit Nelson, pro se, for appellant.

Walter F. Mondale, Attorney General, and Charles E. Houston, Solicitor General, for respondent, warden of the State Prison.


NELSON, JUSTICE.

Vernit Nelson petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his release from custody. The district court denied the petition finding: (1) That the facts alleged in the petition and the grounds upon which the petitioner apparently relied were not sufficient to justify the issuance of the writ; and (2) that the petition was sham and frivolous and showed on its face that it had no merit.

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