Wallace v. Lainson

Petitioner, now an inmate of the Iowa State Penitentiary, petitioned the Lee District Court for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging his conviction and sentence were void. The writ was denied and he appeals.

In 1955, by a-county attorney’s information, the petitioner, appellant herein, was charged with breaking 'and entering, in violation of section 708.8, Code, 1954, and as a habitual criminal, as defined in section 747.5, Code, 1954. To this information petitioner, in person and by attorney, in open court entered- a plea of guilty as charged and was sentenced to a term of not to exceed…