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HOLT v. SIMPSON

No. 14655.

340 F.2d 853 (1965)

Frances Lenore HOLT, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Marcia SIMPSON, Superintendent of Wisconsin Home for Women, and the State of Wisconsin, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

January 21, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sherwood Slate, Milwaukee, Wis., for appellant.

William A. Platz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Madison, Wis., for appellees.

Before KNOCH, CASTLE and SWYGERT, Circuit Judges.

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner Frances Lenore Holt is an inmate of the Wisconsin Home for Women at Taycheedah, Wisconsin. She is serving a life sentence imposed by a Wisconsin state court after a jury found her guilty of first degree murder of her newly born infant. Her conviction was affirmed by the Wisconsin supreme court, Holt v. State, 17 Wis.2d 468, 117 N.W.2d 626 (1962); and a petition for certiorari to the United States...

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