Alberts v. Lainson

This is the third petition for a writ of habeas corpus based upon an alleged denial of due process and an alleged void judgment and sentence filed by this petitioner, Charles Alberts. The first two. were not appealed to this court.

The petitioner was convicted by a jury of burglary with aggravation in the District Court of Polk County in December 1949. That conviction was appealed by the petitioner’s court appointed counsel to this court and affirmed, as reported in State v. Alberts, 241 Iowa 1000, 43 N.W.2d 703.

The first petition, filed in November 1955 .for a writ, alleged that the…