State of Minnesota Ex Rel. Glen R. Holscher v. Ralph H. Tahash, Warden, Minnesota State Penitentiary

In February, 1959, Glen R. Holscher (appellant) was found guilty by a jury in the District Court of Hennepin County, Minnesota, of third degree murder. He was sentenced to a term of from 14-60 years (increased by reason of prior felony conviction) to the Minnesota State Penitentiary at Stillwater, Minnesota. 1 The conviction was affirmed, State v. Holscher, 261 Minn. 478, 113 N.W.2d 94 (January, 1962), cert. denied Holscher v. Minnesota, 370 U.S. 955, 82 S.Ct. 1607, 8 L.Ed.2d 821.

Since the affirmance, Holscher has engaged in filing various petitions in the state courts attacking the validity…