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KNUTSON v. BREWER

No. 79-1861.

619 F.2d 747 (1980)

Wayne Glenn KNUTSON, Appellant, v. Lou V. BREWER, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 17, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerald W. Kinnamon, Kinnamon, Kinnamon, Russo & Meyer, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (argued), and Jon M. Kinnamon, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on brief, for appellant.

Thomas D. McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa (argued), and Thomas J. Miller, Atty. Gen., Des Moines, Iowa, on brief, for appellee.

Before BRIGHT, ROSS and ARNOLD, Circuit Judges.

ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

This is a petition for habeas corpus brought by a state prisoner, Wayne Glenn Knutson. The District Court (the Hon. W. C. Stuart, Chief Judge) dismissed the petition on its merits. We affirm.

Knutson is serving a life sentence for the crime of kidnapping for ransom.1 He claims he is unconstitutionally in custody for two reasons: (1) The Iowa kidnapping-for-ransom statute, § 706.3, Code of Iowa (1971...

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