State Ex Rel. Riendeau v. Tahash

Otis, Justice.

Relator appeals from an order of the district court denying without a hearing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus wherein he seeks review of his conviction for grand larceny arising out of the theft of four head of cattle. Because in our opinion the sequence of events from the time of relator’s arrest until his conviction denied him rights we believe to be substantial, we deem it appropriate to set forth the chronology of the proceedings.

The offense with which relator was charged occurred in Clearwater County on April 23, 1963, and resulted in his arrest without a warrant,…