Minnesota Supreme Court, 1966

State ex rel. Kier v. Tahash

State ex rel. Kier v. Tahash
Minnesota Supreme Court · Decided November 25, 1966
275 Minn. 560; 146 N.W.2d 611; 1966 Minn. LEXIS 787 (Minnesota Reports)

Counsel

Robert A. Nicklaus, for appellant., Robert W. Mattson, Attorney General, Gerard W. Snell, Solicitor General, and Linus J. Hammond, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent, warden of State Prison.

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Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

Appeal from an order of the District Court of Washington County dismissing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus without a hearing.

We are unable to give the matter proper consideration because of the inadequacy of the record, a situation probably due to the fact that petitioner was not represented by counsel in the district court habeas corpus proceedings. He now has retained an attorney who asserts in this court that facts exist, though not of record, which warrant relief.

Under these circumstances, we have concluded that the best disposition of this case is to remand it to the district court so that petitioner, with the aid of his attorney, can redraft the petition and assert whatever legal grounds he may have for relief. We are confident that the district court will carefully examine the petition as redrafted and, if it justifies such action, afford petitioner a full hearing wherein he can present evidence in support of his claims. State ex rel. Dinneen v. Tahash, 272 Minn. 7, 136 N. W. (2d) 847; State v. DeCloux, 272 Minn. 94, 136 N. W. (2d) 657; State ex rel. Smith v. Tahash, 272 Minn. 168, 136 N. W. (2d) 617.

Remanded.

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