Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Farrington v. Rigg
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided March 3, 1961No. 38,224PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Loevinger, Justice.
TMs is an appeal from a district court order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is servmg a life sentence for murder. The killing occurred on August 25, 1939. Construing the petition with the great liberality extended to pro se pleadings, it alleges that petitioner was illegally arrested and jailed in the early morning hours of August 26, 1939, that the arrest was without warrant or reasonable cause, and that petitioner was demed a preliminary hearmg. On August 29, 1939, petitioner was indicted for murder in the first degree. Thereafter he was tried,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- People v. CahanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
- United States v. CoplonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Commonwealth v. GormanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
- State v. PluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
- State Ex Rel. Adams v. RiggSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
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3Cited by17 opinions
- State Ex Rel. La Follette v. RaskinWisconsin Supreme Court · 1966
- Reed v. ReinckeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1967
- State v. GreenSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1963
- State Ex Rel. Duhn v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- Tischer v. Housing & Redevelopment Authority of CambridgeSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2005
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