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WATSON v. NIX

Civ. No. 81-351-D.

551 F.Supp. 1 (1982)

William Ray WATSON, Petitioner, v. Crispus NIX, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, and Attorney General of the State of Iowa, Respondents.

United States District Court, S.D. Iowa, C.D.

February 9, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary B. Garrison, Des Moines, Iowa, for petitioner.

Thomas D. McGrane, Asst. Atty. Gen. of Iowa, Des Moines, Iowa, for respondents.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS

VIETOR, District Judge.

This is a habeas corpus proceeding under 28 U.S.C. § 2254 brought by an inmate of the Iowa State Penitentiary at Fort Madison, Iowa, where respondent Crispus Nix is the warden.1 Petitioner is serving a sentence of 20 years in prison imposed on February 18, 1975, by Iowa District Judge M.C. Herrick after petitioner was found guilty by a jury...

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