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ROACH v. BENNETT

No. 18914.

392 F.2d 743 (1968)

James Paul ROACH, Appellant, v. John E. BENNETT, Warden of Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

April 15, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Paul Roach, pro se.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen. of Iowa, and William A. Claerhout, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, on brief for appellee.

Before VOGEL, Senior Circuit Judge, LAY, Circuit Judge, and BECKER, Chief District Judge.

LAY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant appeals from the district court's denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. On April 21, 1964, appellant pleaded guilty in the presence of his counsel to second degree murder of his wife, Melba Louise Roach, in Jasper County, Iowa. He was sentenced to the Iowa Penitentiary for sixty years imprisonment. Thereafter, on March 12, 1965, he petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus. This was denied after a hearing in Lee County District...

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