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STATE v. BRIZENDINE

No. 53078.

445 S.W.2d 827 (1969)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. William Prell BRIZENDINE, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, En Banc.

October 13, 1969.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman H. Anderson, Atty. Gen., John C. Klaffenbach, Gerald L. Birnbaum, Asst. Attys. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

J. Arnot Hill, J. Whitfield Moody, The Legal Aid and Defender Society of Greater Kansas City, Kansas City, for appellant.

DONNELLY, Judge.

In 1966, the United States Congress enacted Section 2254, Title 28, United States Code, which reads in part as follows: "(a) The Supreme Court, a Justice thereof, a circuit judge, or a district court shall entertain an application for a writ of habeas corpus in behalf of a person in custody pursuant to the judgment of a State court only on the ground that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws or treaties of the United States."...

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