STATE v. TAHASH

No. 39431.

138 N.W.2d 626 (1965)

STATE of Minnesota ex rel. James A. FLORES, Appellant, v. Ralph H. TAHASH, Warden Minnesota State Prison, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

Rehearing Denied February 4, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James A. Flores, pro se, John Rheinberger, Stillwater, appointed by Supreme Court to act as amicus curiae and as counsel for relator at the rehearing in District Court only.

Robert W. Mattson, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, J. Earl Cudd, Sp. Asst., Minneapolis, for respondent.


OTIS, Justice.

Defendant, having plead guilty to the unlawful possession of empirin compound with codeine phosphate, was sentenced to a term of 10 to 40 years. At the presentence examination, he freely admitted that at the time of his arrest he had on his person at least 85 bottles containing a variety of narcotic drugs. After the time to appeal had elapsed, defendant petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that the information failed to...

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