LISTER v. McLEOD

No. 5520.

240 F.2d 16 (1957)

Robert LISTER, Appellant, v. H. C. McLEOD, Warden, Oklahoma State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Tenth Circuit.

January 15, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance for appellant.

Lewis A. Wallace, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Mac Q. Williamson, Atty. Gen. of Oklahoma, Fred Hansen, First Asst. Atty. Gen., were with him on the brief), for appellee.

Before HUXMAN, PICKETT and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner, Robert Lister, is now confined in the Oklahoma State Penitentiary and is serving a life sentence for murder. After exhausting his remedies in the state court,1 this habeas corpus proceeding was brought to secure his release, upon the ground that he did not have a constitutional trial in the state court. After a hearing, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Oklahoma denied relief and this...

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