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BYRD v. LANE

No. 16535.

398 F.2d 750 (1968)

Warren H. BYRD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Ward LANE, Warden of Indiana State Prison and David P. Morton, Superintendent of Dr. Norman B. Beatty Memorial Hospital, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Seventh Circuit.

July 25, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferdinand Samper, Forrest Bowman, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind., for petitioner-appellant.

John J. Dillon, John F. Davis, Indianapolis, Ind., for respondents-appellees.

Before MAJOR, Senior Circuit Judge, KILEY and FAIRCHILD, Circuit Judges.

MAJOR, Senior Circuit Judge.

Petitioner is incarcerated in a State prison located in the Northern District of Indiana, pursuant to a commitment of the Henry Circuit Court of that State. He was charged with and found guilty of murdering his wife by the administration of arsenic poison. He was arrested March 15, 1961, and the trial in the State court commenced June 15, 1961, resulting in a verdict on June 19, 1961, the same date that the Supreme Court of the United...

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