Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Hines v. Tahash
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided July 13, 1962No. 38,321PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Rogosheske, Justice.
Howard Lansing Hines appealed from an order of the district court discharging a writ of habeas corpus.
On June 27, 1957, he was sentenced by the District Court of Crow Wing County to an indeterminate term of not exceeding 10 years under our habitual criminal statutes. He was committed and is now serving that sentence in the State Prison.
The conviction which provided the basis for applying the recidivist statute occurred when petitioner entered a plea of guilty to a charge of grand larceny in the second degree. The material details follow:
On January 28, 1957, separate…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Graham v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- People v. GowaskyNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- State Ex Rel. Adams v. RiggSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1958
- State v. ZywickiSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1928
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3Cited by5 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Atkinson v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1966
- Deiter v. CommonwealthSupreme Court of Virginia · 1965
- State Ex Rel. Becker v. TahashSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1963
- Tyson v. HeningSupreme Court of Virginia · 1964
- State v. TellockSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1962