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State Ex Rel. Farrington v. Rigg

Supreme Court of Minnesota

Decided March 3, 1961No. 38,224Published

1Opinion of the Court

259 Minn. 483 (1961)

107 N.W. (2d) 841

STATE EX REL. WILBER E. FARRINGTON

v.

DOUGLAS C. RIGG.

No. 38,224.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 3, 1961.

Wilber E. Farrington, pro se, for appellant.

Walter F. Mondale, Attorney General, and Charles E. Houston, Solicitor General, for respondent, warden of the State Prison.

LOEVINGER, JUSTICE.

This is an appeal from a district court order denying a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is serving 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…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. People v. CahanCalifornia Supreme Court · 1955
  2. United States v. CoplonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
  3. Commonwealth v. GormanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1934
  4. State v. PluthSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1923
  5. State Ex Rel. Adams v. RiggSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958

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