BROOKS v. STEELE

No. 13988.

177 F.2d 783 (1949)

BROOKS v. STEELE.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

November 4, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sterling E. Brooks submitted brief pro se for appellant.

Sam M. Wear, United States Attorney, and Richard H. Musser, Assistant United States Attorney, Kansas City, Mo., submitted brief for appellee.

Before WOODROUGH, THOMAS and RIDDICK, Circuit Judges.


WOODROUGH, Circuit Judge.

Sterling E. Brooks, who is confined in the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners at Springfield, Missouri, pursuant to transfer from the Leavenworth Penitentiary, prosecutes this appeal to reverse a judgment which denied him discharge by habeas corpus.

It appears that in February, 1947, he plead guilty to six counts of an information charging possession and sale of marihuana in violation of 26 U.S.C.A. § 2593(a)...

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