Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. May v. Swenson
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 30, 1954No. 36,413PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Matson, Justice.
Relator appeals from a district court order (1) granting a motion to quash a writ of habeas corpus issued in his behalf and (2) remanding him to the custody of the respondent.
In 1986, relator was arrested for the murder of his wife. Within a few hours after arrest he had signed a confession admitting the killing. Thereafter he was indicted for first degree murder, a charge to which he pleaded not guilty. At the arraignment the court assigned the public defender, Jerome Jackman, to act as relator’s counsel. Later, in open court, relator pleaded guilty to second degree murder at…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Smith v. O'GRADYSupreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Williams v. KaiserSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- State Ex Rel. Baker v. UtechtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
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3Cited by26 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Dinneen v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
- State Ex Rel. Butler v. SwensonSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1954
- State Ex Rel. Welper v. RiggSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
- State Ex Rel. Anderson v. United States Veterans HospitalSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1964
- State Ex Rel. Savage v. RiggSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
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