State Ex Rel. Munnell v. Rigg

Thomas Gallagher, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus based on the claim that he is unlawfully imprisoned in the Minnesota State Prison under an invalid judgment of conviction in that in his trial he was not adequately represented by counsel; he was coerced into entering a plea of guilty; and he did not enter a plea of guilty to a prior conviction which resulted in an increased sentence.

The respondent, warden of the Minnesota State Prison, in his return sets forth in detail the proceedings relative to relator’s…