Davidson v. Nygaard

The petitioner was convicted in the District Court of Cass County of the crime of rape in the first degree. The case was number 8007 of the' criminal docket and the last minute entry of the clerk of court in the ease, under the date of Jan. 7, 1948, notes the return of the .jury into court with a verdict of guilty.

Thereafter the state’s attorney filed an information, under the habitual criminal statute, which charged the petitioner with the “crime of' conviction of three or more felonies prior to his conviction of rape in the first degree.” The filing of this information was 'treated as the…