STATE EX REL. PITTMAN v. TAHASH

No. 41026.

170 N.W.2d 445 (1969)

STATE of Minnesota ex rel. John D. PITTMAN, Appellant, v. Ralph H. TAHASH, Warden, Minnesota State Prison, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

August 22, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Paul Jones, Public Defender, Robert E. Oliphant, Asst. Public Defender, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Douglas M. Head, Atty. Gen., Richard H. Kyle, Sol. Gen., J. Dennis O'Brien, Spec. Asst. Atty. Gen., St. Paul, for respondent.

Heard before KNUTSON, C. J., and OTIS, ROGOSHESKE, SHERAN, and PETERSON, JJ.


OPINION

ROGOSHESKE, Justice.

Appeal from an order denying postconviction relief.

Subsequent to the selection of two jurors to try defendant upon two indictments charging him with first-degree murder in the deaths of two fellow inmates of the Moose Lake Prison Farm, defendant, with consent of the state, advice of counsel, and leave of court, withdrew his plea of not guilty to both charges and entered pleas of guilty to reduced charges of second-degree...

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