State Ex Rel. White v. Tahash

Sheran, Justice.

Appeal from an order of the District Court of Washington County denying the petition of Raymond J. White for a writ of habeas corpus.

The confinement which White contests resulted from a conviction entered on August 31, 1955. White entered a plea of guilty to an information charging him with operating an automobile without permission of the owner. He also plead guilty to an information charging him with two prior offenses and, by application of the recidivist statute, 2 his sentence was increased from 5 to 10 years.

The information which he attacks sets out the prior offenses…