GARRETT v. SWENSON

No. 71-1559.

459 F.2d 464 (1972)

Billy Joe GARRETT, Appellant, v. Harold R. SWENSON, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided May 16, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Popper, Kansas City, Mo., for appellant.

Kenneth M. Romines, Asst. Atty. Gen., John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for appellee.

Before BREITENSTEIN, BRIGHT, and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Billy Joe Garrett appeals from an order of the district court denying his petition for habeas corpus relief. Garrett v. Swenson, 331 F.Supp. 1197 (E.D.Mo.1971). Petitioner was convicted of robbery by a jury in the Circuit Court of New Madrid County, Missouri. The trial court imposed a sentence of fifty years imprisonment. Following three unsuccessful appeals to the Missouri Supreme Court, petitioner filed the instant...

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