Albert Charles Wessling v. John E. Bennett, Warden

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge.

This is a timely appeal by Albert Charles Wessling, hereinafter called defendant, from final order of the District Court denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The petition attacks the validity of a state court conviction and sentence of thirty years imposed March 14, 1966. Defendant was tried by a jury and found guilty on a County Attorney’s information charging breaking and entering, in violation of § 708.8 of the Iowa Code, on December 22, 1965. Upon the basis of an information charging defendant was an habitual criminal under § 747.1 of the Iowa Code,…