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STATE EX REL. THORNTON v. TAHASH

Nos. 40855, 40198.

180 N.W.2d 858 (1970)

STATE of Minnesota ex rel. William H. THORNTON, Jr., Appellant, v. Ralph H. TAHASH, Warden, Minnesota State Prison, Respondent. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent, v. William H. THORNTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 30, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Roberta K. Levy and Rosalie Wahl, Asst. Public Defenders, Minneapolis, for Thornton.

Douglas M. Head, Atty. Gen., St. Paul, George M. Scott, County Atty., Henry McCarr, Jr., and David G. Roston, Asst. County Attys., Minneapolis, for respondents.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and NELSON, MURPHY, OTIS, and FRANK T. GALLAGHER, JJ.

OPINION

FRANK T. GALLAGHER, Justice.

Defendant appeals from a judgment of the District Court of Hennepin County entered following his plea of guilty to third-degree murder; also, from an order of the District Court of Washington County dismissing his postconviction petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

It appears from the record that on the evening of May 8, 1965, defendant spent the evening drinking at a cafe in Minneapolis where his wife was employed...

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