KANIESKI v. GAGNON

No. 17873.

427 F.2d 401 (1970)

Edward Frank KANIESKI, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John R. GAGNON, Warden, Wisconsin Correctional Institution, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

June 9, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles D. Hoornstra, Madison, Wis., for petitioner-appellant.

Robert W. Warren, Atty. Gen., Mary V. Bowman, Madison, Wis., William A. Platz, Asst. Atty. Gen., for respondent-appellee.

Before CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAIRCHILD and KERNER, Circuit Judges.


CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Edward Frank Kanieski, the petitioner-appellant, was convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree on December 12, 1952, after a jury trial in the Circuit Court for Wood County, Wisconsin. He was sentenced to life imprisonment, and is presently confined in the Wisconsin Correctional Institution. His appeal to this Court has its origin in the District Court's denial of his petition for...

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