Harms v. Bennett

On February 14, 1964, plaintiff, a prisoner in the state penitentiary, applied to the district court for a writ of habeas corpus. The court denied it on the ground a previous petition filed by plaintiff in the same court on August 22, 1963, raised the same question subsequently raised, a hearing was had on the earlier petition, the court then found plaintiff had effectively waived his right to an attorney and the writ should be denied, plaintiff appealed that decision to this court where the appeal was dismissed, the same question was thus previously determined against plaintiff.

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