State Ex Rel. Kline v. Burke

Conrad C. Kline petitioned this court for a writ of habeas corpus dated March 2, 1964. 2 We determined that the petitioner had made an arguably meritorious claim. The respondent was ordered to show cause why a writ of habeas corpus should not issue directing the release of the petitioner. A return was made by the respondent through the attorney general’s office. We found that the petition and the return raised issues of fact. These issues were submitted to the circuit court for the county in which the crime was committed — circuit court for Shawano county, Andrew W. Parnell, circuit judge. 3…