SODDERS v. PARRATT

No. 82-1687.

693 F.2d 811 (1982)

William Edward SODDERS, Appellant, v. Robert PARRATT and Paul Douglas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jill Nagy, Lincoln, Neb., for appellant.

Paul L. Douglas, Atty. Gen., Lynne Rae Fritz, Asst. Atty. Gen., Lincoln, Neb., for appellees.

Before HEANEY and ROSS, Circuit Judges, and STEPHENSON, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM.

William E. Sodders is currently serving fifteen to thirty years in the Nebraska State Penitentiary for attempted murder. He appeals the district court's1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Sodders argues (1) the information charging him with attempted murder was jurisdictionally defective, and (2) the Nebraska attempt statute under which he was charged is unconstitutionally...

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