State Ex Rel. Robert Thomas v. Douglas C‪.‬

Relator petitioned for a writ of , which was granted. His petition is unnecessarily long, consisting of 22 pages, and states
much that is immaterial. The relator was arrested in Morgan, Minnesota, on July 26, 1950. He voluntarily waived preliminary
hearing and later, before the District Court of Redwood County, presented an application to enter a plea of guilty to the
charge of robbery in the second degree. In his presence, the court directed the reading of the information. In explaining
the information, the court stated: "You understand that if you plead guilty to this information, the Court may find it necessary
to sentence you to a penal institution?" Defendant answered, "Yes." Other questions and answers were as follows: "The Court: You understand that?