KELSEY v. STATE EX REL. ERICKSON

No. 81-1154.

320 N.W.2d 438 (1982)

Dwight W. KELSEY, petitioner, Appellant, v. STATE of Minnesota, State ex rel. Robert ERICKSON, Warden, etc., Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

June 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dwight W. Kelsey, pro se.

Warren Spannaus, Atty. Gen., Richard Varco, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent.

Considered and decided by the court en banc without oral argument.


KELLEY, Justice.

This is a pro se appeal from an order of the Washington County District Court denying, after hearing, three pro se petitions for a writ of habeas corpus filed by petitioner, who is serving a 20-year prison term for attempted first-degree murder.1 We affirm.

Petitioner's main contention is that he has been and is being mistreated and that this mistreatment amounts to cruel and unusual punishment entitling him to...

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