WILSON v. COUGHLIN

No. 52273.

147 N.W.2d 175 (1966)

William Clifford WILSON, Petitioner, v. Joseph S. COUGHLIN, Director of Correctional Institutions for the State of Iowa, Anthony P. Travisino, Superintendent of the State Training School for Boys, State of Iowa, and the Honorable Paul E. Hellwege, Judge of the District Court of Hardin County, Iowa, Respondents.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

December 13, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. A. Frerichs, Waterloo, for petitioner.

Lawrence J. Scalise, Atty. Gen., and Robert Bernstein, and David A. Elderkin, Asst. Attys. Gen., Des Moines, for respondents.


LARSON, Justice.

When William Clifford Wilson, age 16, was ordered transferred from the Training School for Boys to the Men's Reformatory under the provisions of section 218.91, Code 1966, he filed a petition for writ of certiorari in this court on May 27, 1966. On June 13th we granted a writ to review this order but denied the request that petitioner be returned to the Training School for Boys.

Petitioner contends...

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