State Ex Rel. Knott v. Tahash

Otis, Justice.

Relator pled guilty to manslaughter in the second degree on September 12,1958. Because of a prior felony conviction, he was sentenced to a term of 2 to 30 years in prison. On August 16, 1966, he petitioned the district court for a writ of habeas corpus to review his conviction. This appeal is from an order discharging the writ.

The issues raised are as follows: (1) The propriety of the trial court’s accepting relator’s plea of guilty; (2) whether there was a conflict of interests'in counsel’s representing two defendants in one proceeding; (3) the competency of his counsel; (4)…