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MORTON v. STEELE

No. 15156.

217 F.2d 13 (1954)

John W. MORTON, Appellant, v. Ivan W. STEELE, Warden, United States Medical Center, Springfield, Missouri, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

December 6, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Morton pro se.

Edward L. Scheufler, U. S. Atty., and Paul R. Shy, Asst. U. S. Atty., Kansas City, Mo., for appellee.

Before SANBORN, WOODROUGH and VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

The United States District Court for the District of Columbia on December 17, 1943, sentenced John W. Morton to the custody of the Attorney General for imprisonment for the period of fifteen years to life, Morton having been convicted by a jury of second degree murder. He appealed from his conviction, and on January 22, 1945, his sentence was affirmed. Morton v. United States, 79 U.S. App.D.C. 329, 147 F.2d 28.

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