HARLESS v. BENNETT

No. 51736.

137 N.W.2d 619 (1965)

James E. HARLESS, Appellant, v. John E. BENNETT, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

October 19, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Austin Rashid, Fort Madison, for appellant.

Lawrence Scalise, Atty. Gen., Don R. Bennett, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Thos. E. Tucker, Deputy County Atty., Fort Madison, for appellee.


RAWLINGS, Justice.

Appellant is no stranger to this court, he being now confined in the men's penitentiary. State of Iowa v. Harless, 83 N.W.2d 401, not reported in state reports, and State of Iowa v. Harless, 249 Iowa 530, 86 N.W.2d 210. He now comes before us on appeal from an order of the trial court denying him a writ of habeas corpus.

In November 1956 he was sentenced on conviction...

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