Horwath v. Burke

GRUBB, District Judge.

Joseph Carl Horwath, an inmate of the Wisconsin State Prison, Waupun, Wisconsin, was granted leave to file this petition for writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis. Response thereto has been submitted, and petitioner has filed a reply brief.

Petitioner is in state custody pursuant to consecutive sentences of maximum terms of five and eight years, imposed on him on conviction on his pleas of guilty to the crimes of theft of an automobile of the value of $200, in violation of Section 343.17, Wisconsin Statutes of 1953, and of breaking and entering in the nighttime, in…