Cable v. State

Murphy, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court of Dakota County denying defendant’s application for postconviction relief. The postconviction hearing was held pursuant to our decision in State ex rel. Cable v. Tahash, 277 Minn. 503, 152 N. W. (2d) 308. Defendant contends that, upon arraignment for felony violations in 1954, he entered pleas of guilty without benefit of counsel and without being fully informed as to the nature and elements of the offenses with which he was charged, as a consequence of which he was denied basic constitutional rights.

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