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UNITED STATES EX REL. McQUEEN v. WANGELIN

No. 75-1560.

527 F.2d 579 (1975)

UNITED STATES ex rel. Roger Lee McQUEEN, Petitioner, v. Hon. H. Kenneth WANGELIN, United States District Judge, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 11, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael A. Gross, St. Louis, Mo., on brief, for petitioner.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., and Neil MacFarlane, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., for respondent.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, HENLEY, Circuit Judge, and VAN PELT, Senior District Judge.

PER CURIAM.

This is an application for a writ of mandamus by petitioner, Roger Lee McQueen, to compel the District Court to render a final determination of McQueen's pending petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is serving a life sentence in the Missouri State Penitentiary on a 1964 jury conviction for second degree murder that he claims was secured by reason of inadequate assistance of counsel. On June 4, 1974, we reversed the District Court's dismissal...

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