EDWARDS v. SWENSON

No. 71-1347.

454 F.2d 1106 (1972)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Certiorari Denied April 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert I. Binowitz, St. Louis, Mo., for appellant.

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

Before MATTHES, Chief Judge, LAY, Circuit Judge, and HUNTER, District Judge.


Certiorari Denied April 24, 1972. See 92 S.Ct. 1619.

MATTHES, Chief Judge.

Following a three-day trial, James Dale Edwards was convicted on December 16, 1965, of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court, and the judgment of conviction was affirmed. State v. Edwards, 435 S.W.2d 1 (1968).

Edwards sought relief in the United States District Court for the Eastern...

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