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GRINDSTAFF v. BENNETT

No. 18842.

389 F.2d 55 (1968)

Carl Edward GRINDSTAFF, Appellant, v. John E. BENNETT, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

February 5, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl E. Grindstaff, pro se.

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

Before VOGEL, Chief Judge, and MEHAFFY and LAY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a denial of a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The sole issue for determination is whether the District Court erred in dismissing appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus without first holding an evidentiary hearing. In the petition, appellant contended that his plea of guilty entered in a state court was coerced. He now contends that he should be granted an evidentiary hearing in the United States District Court concerning...

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