STATE EX REL. SANFORD v. RIGG

No. 37,656.

255 Minn. 197 (1959)

96 N.W. (2d) 26

STATE EX REL. LESTER SANFORD v. DOUGLAS C. RIGG.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

April 10, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester Sanford, pro se, for appellant.

Miles Lord, Attorney General, Charles E. Houston, Solicitor General, and Albert H. Newman, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.


THOMAS GALLAGHER, JUSTICE.

Appeal from an order of the District Court of Washington County discharging a writ of habeas corpus. Respondent moves to dismiss the appeal on the ground that (1) the petition upon its face furnishes no valid basis for a writ; and (2) the record shows a valid conviction of a felony and resulting imprisonment for a term not expired.

The petition for the writ sets forth that relator is unlawfully imprisoned by respondent in that in...

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