STUMP v. BENNETT

No. 18920.

398 F.2d 111 (1968)

Ronald Maurice STUMP, Appellant, v. John BENNETT, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Eighth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied December 16, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. McManus, Des Moines, Iowa, for appellant.

Kent M. Forney, Special Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, for appellee.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, Chief Judge, VOGEL, Senior Circuit Judge, and MATTHES, BLACKMUN, MEHAFFY, GIBSON, LAY, and HEANEY, Circuit Judges.


Certiorari Denied December 16, 1968. See 89 S.Ct. 483.

LAY, Circuit Judge.

Ronald Maurice Stump, a state prisoner, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. Stump was convicted of murder in the second degree in the Polk County, Iowa, District Court in the slaying of one Michael Daly. On December 11, 1961, he was sentenced to a term of seventy-five years' imprisonment. Stump asserted as a sole defense at...

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