Minnesota Appellate Opinions

Published opinions of the Minnesota Supreme Court and Court of Appeals, collated from public records. 875 opinions matched; showing 501–550.

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38,757 Minn. 1962-06-22 Dismissed State Ex Rel. Cole v. Tahash
… rder of the Washington County District Court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The motion is made on the ground that the form of the notice of appeal is insufficient in that it is not directed to the attorney general and sim …
38,489 Minn. 1962-06-08 Stayed State v. Moosbrugger
… ovoked by the answers to this question. In recent years numerous cases, usually habeas corpus proceedings, have required this court and many others to pass upon the record of conviction where it is claimed either that the questions of the c …
38,402 Minn. 1962-05-25 Affirmed State Ex Rel. La Rose v. Tahash
… al from an order of the district court denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on the ground that he is unlawfully imprisoned in the State Prison under an invalid judgment of conviction. It is his claim that Minn. Const …
38,429 Minn. 1962-05-25 Stayed State Ex Rel. Morris v. Tahash
… Washington County, made March 3, 1961, denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on his claim that he is unlawfully imprisoned in the State Prison because of his unlawful return to Minnesota from Illinois, without extradi …
38,355 Minn. 1962-05-18 Denied State Ex Rel. Nyrud v. Tahash
… d November 28, 1960, denying without a hearing relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. It appears from the transcript that on June 15, 1956, Ivar Nyrud was arraigned in the District Court of St. Louis County and charged with having …
No. 38,371 Minn. 1962-04-13 Denied State ex rel. Dombroske v. Tahash
… ce. Appeal from a district court order denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on the claim that he is unlawfully imprisoned in the State Prison in that at the proceedings leading to his conviction he had not been adequ …
38,378 Minn. 1962-03-16 Denied State v. Dehler
… dant was sentenced to life imprisonment. In May 1959, defendant was released on habeas corpus to stand trial again on the indictment described on the ground that in the first proceedings thereunder his rights as a juvenile had been denied. …
38,329 Minn. 1962-02-02 Reversed State Ex Rel. Grattan v. Tahash
… Magney, Commissioner. Petitioner, Joseph J. Grattan, sought a writ of habeas corpus from the District Court of Washington County. After examination of the petition, the court concluded that it did not state facts sufficient to justify the i …
38,510 Minn. 1962-01-05 Denied State Ex Rel. Moriarty v. Tahash
… rs relating to allegations contained in an information may not be challenged by habeas corpus after conviction and sentencing. State ex rel. Welper v. Rigg, 254 Minn. 10, 17 , 93 N. W. (2d) 198, 203 . Numerous other points are raised which …
38,395 Minn. 1961-12-01 Granted State Ex Rel. Lampi v. Tahash
… stice. This is an appeal from an order denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The facts upon which petitioner bases his right to a release from custody of the acting warden of our State Penitentiary may be briefly stated. P …
38,369 Minn. 1961-11-24 Denied State Ex Rel. Grest v. Tahash
… Nelson, Justice. This is an appeal from an order discharging a writ of habeas corpus. Notice thereof was served January 17, 1961. Said writ was issued by the Washington County District Court on November 7, 1960, and respondent’s return and …
38,315 Minn. 1961-11-17 Denied State Ex Rel. Fife v. Tahash
… stice. This is an appeal from an order denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On December 27, 1956, relator was arraigned in the District Court of Ramsey County on an information charging him with the crime of sodomy. He en …
38,385 Minn. 1961-11-10 Stayed State Ex Rel. White v. Tahash
… tice. Relator appeals from an order of the district court discharging a writ of habeas corpus and remanding him to the custody of respondent. He contends that he is unlawfully imprisoned in the State Prison under an invalid judgment of conv …
38,298 Minn. 1961-11-03 Denied State Ex Rel. Alm v. Tahash
… e District Court of Washington County, denying relator’s petitions for writs of habeas corpus, under which he seeks release from a commitment to the State Prison pursuant to a judgment entered October 10, 1957, convicting him of the crime o …
38,483 Minn. 1961-11-03 Denied State Ex Rel. Campbell v. Tahash
… an appeal from an order of the district court denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Relator was arraigned in the District Court of Hennepin County on an information charging him with grand larceny in the second degree. He entered …
38,336 Minn. 1961-10-27 Vacated State Ex Rel. Christopherson v. Tahash
… al from an order of the district court denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Relator was tried and sentenced to the state prison at Stillwater on conviction of third-degree burglary on February 5, 1958. In October 1959 he …
38,084 Minn. 1961-10-20 Dismissed City of St. Paul v. Ulmer
… use of defective procedures. The court then received in evidence a petition for habeas corpus filed in district court, which *183 had been denied, to which were attached a copy of the complaint, a copy of the warrant of arrest, and a copy o …
No. 38,527 Minn. 1961-10-06 Remanded State ex rel. Craig v. Tahash
… f the District Court of Washington County denying his application for a writ of habeas corpus. The clerk of the District Court of Washington County has advised him that upon payment of the filing fee the return on his appeal will be made to …
38,551 Minn. 1961-10-06 Granted Robert Cole v. Douglas Rigg
… will Consider it in the same manner as if it had been a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. As such, if petitioner is in fact a pauper, he has a right to file an appeal from a decision of the trial court denying his petition without paym …
38,327 Minn. 1961-09-15 Stayed State Ex Rel. Norgaard v. Tahash
… he State Prison from orders discharging petitioner from imprisonment. A writ of habeas corpus was issued by the Washington County District Court upon a petition alleging that petitioner was deprived of his right to due process of law as pro …
38,289 Minn. 1961-07-28 Denied State Ex Rel. Munnell v. Rigg
… al from an order of the district court denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on the claim that he is unlawfully imprisoned in the Minnesota State Prison under an invalid judgment of conviction in that in his trial he …
37,947 Minn. 1961-06-23 Dismissed In Re Application for Discipline of Peterson
… to represent him for a fee of $1,000, which was paid; that respondent commenced habeas corpus proceedings in the District Court of Hennepin County to secure Schmit’s release, which proceedings were dismissed on the ground that his probation …
38,473 Minn. 1961-06-16 Denied State Ex Rel. McGuire v. Tahash
… he District Court of Washington County denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Relator was charged by information filed in the District Court of Hennepin County on October 10, 1952, with the crime of robbery in the first deg …
38,228 Minn. 1961-06-09 Denied State v. Castle
… prior sentence could not be collaterally attacked upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Much less can it be attacked on a petition for a writ of coram nobis. Furthermore, until defendant has served the maximum time of the sentence th …
38,180 Minn. 1961-06-02 Denied Anderson v. Anderson
… in fact separated and are living apart, the court, when its power is invoked by habeas corpus proceedings, may determine which parent shall have the custody of the children, and that the court in such cases will place the interests of the c …
38,284 Minn. 1961-05-19 Denied State Ex Rel. Peterson v. Tahash
… der of the District Court of Washington County denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Two previous petitions based upon substantially the same grounds were denied by the same district court. The petitioner is now confined in the st …
38,233 Minn. 1961-05-12 Denied State v. Collins
… . (2d) 721 , upon relator’s appeal from denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus, the state moved for a dismissal of the appeal upon the ground that the notice of appeal was not served upon the attorney general or, in the manne …
38,166 Minn. 1961-05-05 Denied State Ex Rel. McGregor v. Rigg
… Thomas Gallagher, Justice. Petition for writ of habeas corpus directed to the warden of the Minnesota State Prison on the grounds that relator is unlawfully imprisoned because: (1) Minn. St. 618.18 1 under which he was convicted is contrary …
38,276 Minn. 1961-05-05 Denied State Ex Rel. Isle v. Tahash
… der of the District Court of Washington County denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On January 4, 1952, an indictment was returned by the grand jury of Crow Wing County charging petitioner, Charles Isle, with the crime of murder …
38,368 Minn. 1961-04-21 Denied State v. Wiley
… lerk thereof to prepare at the expense of the county copies of the records in a habeas corpus proceeding wherein the writ was denied after a hearing. Relator states he has taken an appeal from said denial although no .such appeal is on file …
No. 38,221 Minn. 1961-04-07 Denied State ex rel. Nelsen v. Rigg
… stice. Relator petitioned the District Court of Washington County for a writ of habeas corpus and the petition was denied for the reasons that *58 the petitioner had failed to attach a copy of the warrant of commitment, as required by Minn. …
38,167 Minn. 1961-03-24 Denied State Ex Rel. Ferrario v. Rigg
… District Court of Washington County, denied petitioner’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. An appeal was taken to this court. Thereafter, on August 30, 1960, petitioner was discharged from the state penitentiary on parole. Respondent no …
38,224 Minn. 1961-03-03 Dismissed State Ex Rel. Farrington v. Rigg
… . TMs is an appeal from a district court order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is servmg a life sentence for murder. The killing occurred on August 25, 1939. Construing the petition with the great liberality exten …
38,186 Minn. 1961-02-17 Affirmed State Ex Rel. Bennett v. Rigg
… ice. This is an appeal from a district court denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner challenges the validity of the sentence imposed. Petitioner has, however, previously raised this issue in a habeas corpus proceeding a …
38,175 Minn. 1961-02-03 Denied State Ex Rel. Nelson v. Rigg
… Nelson, Justice. Vemit Nelson petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his release from custody. The district court denied the petition finding: (1) That the facts alleged in the petition and the grounds upon whic …
38,044, 38,045 Minn. 1960-07-22 Denied State Ex Rel. Burris v. Hiller
… Nelson, Justice. A writ of habeas corpus was issued by the district court upon the petition of Rayburn Burris and Myrtle Burris challenging the right of Wray Hiller, Jr., and his wife, Dorothy Hiller, to the custody of John Bradley Hiller, …
37,962 Minn. 1960-07-08 Vacated State Ex Rel. Hansen v. Rigg
… ce. Petitioner applied to the District Court of Washington County for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging that he was unlawfully restrained in the state prison at Stillwater. The district court issued its writ of habeas *389 corpus, and the w …
37,984 Minn. 1960-06-03 Vacated State Ex Rel. Christopherson v. Rigg
… ppeal from order of the district court denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Relator was tried and sentenced on conviction of third-degree burglary on February 5, 1958, and is now confined in the State Prison at Stillwater …
37,897 Minn. 1960-04-08 Dismissed State v. Dehler
… ecember 7, 1942. In May 1959 Dehler petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus which resulted in an order of that court determining that he was unlawfully confined and directing that he be discharged. The order was issued on …
37,878 Minn. 1960-03-04 Vacated State Ex Rel. Bennett v. Rigg
… llagher, Justice. Appeal from an order denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Relator contends that a judgment of conviction and sentence by the District Court of Kanabec County on January 16, 1956, constituted a denial of …
37,903 Minn. 1960-02-26 Dismissed State Ex Rel. Rajala v. Rigg
… 1959, relator petitioned the District Court of Washington County for a writ of habeas corpus. An order for the writ followed and a return was filed by respondent, the warden of the prison. Thereafter a trial was held and the trial court fo …
37,939 Minn. 1959-12-04 Granted State Ex Rel. Petschen v. Rigg
… from an order of the District Court of Washington County discharging a writ of habeas corpus and remanding relator to the custody of the warden of the Minnesota State Prison. Respondent moves for a dismissal of the appeal for failure of re …
37,797 Minn. 1959-11-20 Granted State Ex Rel. Williams v. Rigg
… der of the District Court of Washington County denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Respondent moves to deny the petition here for failure to allege facts upon which the petition could be granted. On March 15, 1955, the relator a …
37,649 Minn. 1959-07-24 Denied State Ex Rel. O'Neill v. Rigg
… rict Court of Washington County which denied appellant’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Appellant entered a plea of guilty to the crime of grand larceny in the first degree on October 4, 1951, upon an arraignment on an information fi …
37,700 Minn. 1959-07-24 Denied State Ex Rel. Flynn v. Rigg
… f Washington County, dated September 26, 1958, denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. From the record before us it appears that petitioner was arrested *306 on July 28, 1954, and charged with the crime of grand larceny in the secon …
37,708 Minn. 1959-07-17 Denied State Ex Rel. Lutz v. Rigg
… Nelson, Justice. The relator sought a writ of habeas corpus directed to 1 the warden of the Minnesota State Prison, alleging that he was unlawfully imprisoned therein. The district court denied his petition and he now appeals to this court. …
37,725 Minn. 1959-06-26 Denied State Ex Rel. Soward v. Rigg
… of the District Court of Washington County, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus to obtain his release from such custody. The petition for the writ sets forth that relator was illegally sentenced as a habitual criminal under M. …
37,675 Minn. 1959-06-19 Affirmed State Ex Rel. Creagan v. Rigg
… peals from an order of the district court dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus and remanding him to' the custody of respondent to serve the remainder of the sentence previously imposed upon him. The sole question before us is …
37,750 Minn. 1959-06-05 Denied State Ex Rel. Crippen v. Rigg
… trict Court of Washington County denying petitioner’s application for a writ of habeas corpus. Respondent now moves to dismiss the petition. *42 In order to understand the nature of the claims of petitioner it is desirable that some of the …
37,448 Minn. 1959-05-29 Denied State v. Coursolle
… nmate of the reformatory at St. Cloud, were brought in as witnesses on writs of habeas corpus issued by the trial judge at the request of defendant. During the trial, and over the frequent objections of the defense, witnesses McLafferty and …