FARRANT v. BENNETT

Civ. No. 6-1750-C-1.

249 F.Supp. 549 (1966)

Edward J. FARRANT, Petitioner, v. John E. BENNETT, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa, Respondent.

United States District Court S. D. Iowa, Central Division.

January 12, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Z. Marks, Norman G. Jesse, Des Moines, Iowa, Edward J. Farrant, pro se., for petitioner.

Lawrence F. Scalise, Atty. Gen. of Iowa, by Don R. Bennett, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent.


STEPHENSON, Chief Judge.

On June 30, 1965, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit determined that the petitioner, Edward J. Farrant, should be granted a hearing on his allegation relating to the procedure under which he was sentenced and on the question of whether he had effective assistance of counsel at the time he was sentenced.1 Farrant v. Bennett, 347...

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