State Ex Rel. Meldahl v. Tahash

On July 14, 1966, relator filed a petition in Washington County District Court for a writ of habeas corpus. In an order issued July 26 the court denied the petition without a hearing thereon. An August 17, 1966, relator appealed to this court from that order.

A brief review of the background of this case discloses that on June 1, 1962, relator, who was then represented by court-appointed counsel, entered a plea of guilty in the District Court of Rice County to forgery in the second degree in violation of Minn. St. 1961, § 620.10. On August 16, 1962, he was sentenced to the State Prison for a…