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CURTIS v. BENNETT

No. 51380.

131 N.W.2d 1 (1964)

Edward Charles CURTIS, Appellant, v. John E. BENNETT, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa, Iowa State Board of Parole, Iowa State Board of Control, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 20, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward Charles Curtis, pro se.

Evan Hultman, Atty. Gen., of Iowa, and John H. Allen, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellees.

LARSON, Justice.

Appellant, a prisoner in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison, petitioned the district court of Lee County for a writ of habeas corpus directed to the warden of the penitentiary. The court denied the writ and applicant has appealed.

On August 3, 1960, appellant was convicted of the crime of breaking and entering in the district court of Clinton County and was sentenced to an indeterminate term not to exceed ten years in the penitentiary...

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