State ex rel. Gray v. Tahash

Rogosheske, Justice.

Appeal from a denial of a writ of habeas corpus after an evidentiary hearing.

On January 16, 1963, petitioner was convicted upon a plea of guilty of murder in the second degree reduced by information following an indictment charging murder in the first degree. On December 21, 1965, appearing pro se, he filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus alleging in substance that, contrary to constitutional requirements, he was denied effective aid and representation by the Hennepin County public defender, Lewis Lohmann, his court-appointed counsel, and that his plea of guilty was…