Legal Opinion

State Ex Rel. Adams v. Rigg

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided April 25, 1958No. 37,496PublishedCited by 43 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Matson, Justice.

Motion by the state to dismiss relator’s appeal from an order of the district court denying Ms petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

If the allegations of plaintiff’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, when admitted to be true after construing them liberally in favor of the petitioner, do not establish prima facie facts which would justify Ms discharge, a motion for the demal of the petition should be granted. A person deprived of Ms liberty pursuant to a sentence of a court of record is not entitled to a writ of habeas corpus merely for the asking. A motion for the demal of…

2Cases cited19 opinions

  1. Garland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. State Ex Rel. Dehning v. RiggSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1957
  3. State Ex Rel. Baker v. UtechtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1946
  4. State ex rel. Petcoff v. ReedSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1917
  5. State Ex Rel. Schwanke v. UtechtSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1951

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3Cited by43 opinions

  1. Pillsbury v. StateWisconsin Supreme Court · 1966
  2. State v. WaldronSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
  3. State v. MastrianSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1969
  4. In re NajawiczSupreme Court of The Virgin Islands · 2009
  5. State v. GibbyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1967

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