Oksanen v. State

Appeal from an order of the district court denying petitioner’s application for postconviction relief. Petitioner contends that when he was arraigned on a charge of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle on May 24, 1955, and waived counsel, he did so as a result of ignorance and incompetence. He also contends that his plea of guilty, upon which sentence was imposed, was “induced by promises.”

From the record it appears that, on January 31, 1955, petitioner appeared in Federal district court in Fargo, North Dakota, on a charge of transporting a stolen motor vehicle in interstate commerce. After…