Lint v. Bennett

Plaintiff, a prisoner in the state penitentiary at Fort Madison, petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus directed to the warden of the penitentiary. From an order denying the writ plaintiff has appealed.

On October 11, 1956, plaintiff was sentenced by the district court of Linn County to an indeterminate term not exceeding five years in the penitentiary upon his plea of guilty to the crime of assault with intent to commit a felony, in violation of section 694.5, Code, 1954. The judgment provided that sentence was suspended conditioned on good behavior and plaintiff was…