State Ex Rel. Wenzlaff v. Burke

Petitioner, Walter Wenzlaff, alleges that his imprisonment in the state prison at Waupun is unlawful for the reason that at the time of his arraignment and plea of-guilty he was without funds to employ counsel, and the court failed to advise him of his right to have counsel and to appoint counsel for him, and he was therefore denied due process of law.

In his petition Wenzlaff alleges that he was committed to and is detained in the Wisconsin state prison by virtue of a judgment of the county court, circuit court branch of the county of Shawano and state of Wisconsin, having been sentenced by…