EDWARDS v. SWENSON

No. 20249.

429 F.2d 1291 (1970)

James Dale EDWARDS, Appellant, v. Harold R. SWENSON, Warden, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

July 16, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Dale Edwards, pro se.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., and Kenneth M. Romines, Asst. Atty. Gen., on brief for appellee.

Before VOGEL, GIBSON and BRIGHT, Circuit Judges.


VOGEL, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant is a state convict presently confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary. He has petitioned the District Court for a writ of habeas corpus adjudicating as invalid his state conviction of first degree murder. This is appellant's second application for writ of habeas corpus, his first having been dismissed for failure to exhaust state remedies under the provisions of 28 U. S.C.A. § 2254(c). Appellant asserts that on December...

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