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NELSON v. SOLEM

CIV79-4030.

490 F.Supp. 481 (1980)

James Leroy NELSON, Petitioner, v. Herman SOLEM, Warden, Respondent.

United States District Court, D. South Dakota, S. D.

June 9, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis McFarland, Sioux Falls, S. D., for petitioner.

Mark V. Meierhenry, Atty. Gen. and Judith A. Atkinson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Pierre, S. D., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM DECISION

NICHOL, Chief Judge.

This is a habeas corpus action brought by petitioner James Leroy Nelson under 28 U.S.C. section 2254. The petitioner was convicted of murder and given a life sentence in 1963. This conviction was affirmed on June 16, 1964, by the South Dakota Supreme Court. State v. Nelson, 80 S.D. 574, 129 N.W.2d 54 (1964). A petition for post-conviction relief was also denied on November...

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