Legal Opinion
McClain v. Swenson
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided May 14, 1970No. 70 C 114(2)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MEREDITH, District Judge.
Petitioner, a prisoner confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary at Jefferson City, Missouri, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. 2254, in the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri. That Court granted the petitioner leave to proceed in forma pauperis and transferred the case to this Court, because the records and witnesses are located in the Eastern District of Missouri. This Court issued a show-cause order and the State has responded.
McClain was convicted of first degree murder, by a jury, in 1941. In his…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Mempa v. RhaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary v. William B. DonnellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- State v. BenisonSupreme Court of Missouri · 1967
- Hugh E. Maness v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- McClain v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Deckard v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1971