SWEET v. HOWARD

No. 8955.

155 F.2d 715 (1946)

SWEET v. HOWARD, Warden.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

May 21, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Sweet, of Michigan City, Ind., in pro. per.

James A. Emmert, Atty. Gen., and Frank E. Coughlin, Karl J. Stipher, and Merl M. Wall, Asst. Attys. Gen., for appellee.

Before MAJOR and MINTON, Circuit Judges, and BRIGGLE, District Judge.


MINTON, Circuit Judge.

The District Court for the Northern District of Indiana sustained the motion of the respondent to dismiss the petition of the petitioner for a writ of habeas corpus. This appeal was taken from the judgment dismissing said petition.

On April 15, 1935, petitioner was sentenced by the Parke Circuit Court of Indiana to life imprisonment on his plea of guilty of kidnapping. He is now in the state...

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