State Ex Rel. Fife v. Tahash

Dell, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an order denying relator’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus.

On December 27, 1956, relator was arraigned in the District Court of Ramsey County on an information charging him with the crime of sodomy. He entered a plea of guilty to the offense charged, whereupon the court, as punishment therefor, sentenced him to confinement in the State Prison for an indeterminate period, all as provided by law.

In his petition relator contends that he was denied due process in the following respects: That the police obtained a statement from him by coercion; that…