Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Cole v. Tahash
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 24, 1964No. 39,235PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Frank T. Gallagher, C.
Appeal from an order of the District Court of Washington County denying petition for writ of habeas corpus. The basic issue is whether cruel and unusual treatment of a state prisoner is a ground for the issuance of a writ of habeas corpus.
In the petition 1 these facts appear: Relator, Robert Lee Cole, was arrested on July 8, 1955, and charged with the crime of being an accessory to a robbery, and on December 17, 1955, was convicted of robbery. Two days later he was sentenced to a term of not less than 10 or more than 80 years in the State Reformatory at St. Cloud, and on…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Robinson v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Jones v. CunninghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Bryant v. HendrickSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Robert L. Cole v. Lavern Smith, Bernard Danner and Allen VogelCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1965
- State Ex Rel. Holm v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1965
- McIntosh v. HaynesSupreme Court of Missouri · 1977
- Beaulieu v. Minnesota Department of Human ServicesCourt of Appeals of Minnesota · 2011
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