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McLAUGHLIN v. STATE

No. 42512.

190 N.W.2d 867 (1971)

Michael Patrick McLAUGHLIN, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

October 8, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Roberta K. Levy, Doris O. Huspeni, Asst. Public Defenders, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., James M. Kelley, Asst. Atty. Gen., William B. Randall, County Atty., Steven C. DeCoster, Asst. Co. Atty., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard before NELSON, MURPHY, PETERSON, KELLY, and ODDEN, JJ.

OPINION

KELLY, Justice.

This is an appeal by a state prisoner from the district court's denial of postconviction relief. Appellant attacks the validity of his arrest and search and the voluntariness of his confession and guilty plea. He further contends that the indeterminate sentence not to exceed 20 years is cruel and unusual punishment for uttering a forged drug prescription. We affirm.

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