COFFELT v. STATE

No. 9936.

440 P.2d 355 (1968)

92 Idaho 235

Wesley E. COFFELT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The STATE of Idaho, Defendant-Respondent.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Moffatt, Thomas, Barrett & Blanton, Boise, for appellant.

Allan G. Shepard, Atty. Gen., and Roger B. Wright, Deputy Atty. Gen., Boise, for appellee.


SMITH, Chief Justice.

Appellant appeals from an order denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

Appellant was sentenced in 1961 to twenty-five years servitude in the state penitentiary following conviction of the offense of rape, allegedly committed in Idaho County.

Appellant first filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in what is now the fourth judicial district of the State of Idaho, in and for Ada County; District Judge Charles R....

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