Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Schwirtz v. Tahash
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 25, 1966No. 39829PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Frank T. Gallagher, C.
Appeal from an order of the district court denying a petition for a writ of error coram nobis.
Everett William Schwirtz was charged by information with having carnally known his 17-year-old stepdaughter. He was convicted on his plea of guilty and was sentenced to an indeterminate term of imprisonment.
In his petition Schwirtz claimed that his plea of guilty had been involuntarily made in response to (a) a promise by his wife that she would dismiss a divorce action that was pending against him if he would plead guilty, and (b) promises by police officers or sheriff’s…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- State Ex Rel. Dehning v. RiggSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State ex rel. Kier v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
- State ex rel. Owens v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- State Ex Rel. Brunner v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967
- State v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1967