State Ex Rel. Dressler v. Rigg

Nelson, Justice.

Upon relator’s appeal from an order of the district court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, respondent moves for an order dismissing the petition upon the grounds that such petition is wholly lacking in merit and alleges no facts upon which a writ of habeas corpus may be based. The main legal issue involved is whether in a criminal proceeding, when the accused is convicted of a felony and sentenced to imprisonment, the law requires that the judgment of conviction and sentence must be signed by the presiding judge. The other legal issue raised by relator is his…