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THOMPSON v. WHITE

No. 78-1041.

591 F.2d 441 (1979)

Douglas W. THOMPSON, Appellant, v. Carl WHITE, Supt. Correction, Missouri Training Center, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 23, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Douglas W. Thompson, pro se.

John D. Ashcroft, Atty. Gen. and Michael H. Finkelstein, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, Mo., on brief, for appellee.

Before HEANEY, STEPHENSON and HENLEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

In 1966 Douglas W. Thompson was convicted in a Missouri circuit court of first-degree murder. Punishment was fixed at life imprisonment. No appeal was taken.

On September 10, 1975, Thompson filed a Rule 27.26 motion in a state court to vacate his conviction. The motion alleged:

1) that the conviction was secured by the knowing use of perjured testimony; 2) that the conviction was not founded on any credible evidence;

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