State ex rel. Kier v. Tahash

Appeal from a district court order denying a petition for habeas corpus.

Relator is confined in the State Prison pursuant to his August 3, 1965, conviction upon a plea of guilty to an indictment charging criminal negligence resulting in death. Minn. St. 609.21. On February 13, 1967, he filed with the District Court of Washington County a petition for habeas corpus,1 alleging his confinement was unlawful by reason of (1) deficiency of the indictment; (2) denial of his statutory right to challenge the grand jury; (3) denial of his right to adequate counsel; and (4) the trial court’s acceptance…