Herman Evald Olson v. Ralph H. Tahash, Warden, Minnesota State Penitentiary

This is an appeal by Herman Evald Olson, hereinafter called defendant, from order entered September 22, 1964, by the District Court denying his third petition for writ of habeas corpus filed August 20, 1964. The District Court denied defendant’s motion for certificate of probable cause. We granted certificate of probable cause on December 16,1964, and authorized defendant to proceed with this appeal in forma pauperis.

A brief summary of the events leading up to the present petition seems desirable. Defendant on December 4, 1958, represented by court-appointed counsel, pled guilty to two…