RUSSELL v. SWENSON

Civ. A. No. 962.

251 F.Supp. 196 (1966)

Walter RUSSELL, Petitioner, v. Harold R. SWENSON, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. Missouri, Central Division.

January 24, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Russell, pro se.

William A. Peterson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for respondent.


BECKER, Chief Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus by a convict in the Missouri State Penitentiary. The petitioner states that he was convicted in the Circuit Court of Cooper County, Missouri, of rape on his plea of guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1959.

The grounds asserted for the writ include a charge that an involuntary confession was procurred from petitioner; that petitioner was denied the effective assistance of counsel...

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