Adamson v. Nash

JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.

Petitioner, presently an inmate in the Missouri State Penitentiary, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus, asking leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Petitioner alleges in conclusory language that the ten year sentence imposed by the Circuit Court of Audrain County, Missouri, after a trial before a jury, was “obtained and rests upon substantial material violations of the Constitutional Rights of the Petitioner”.

Elsewhere in the petition it is alleged, again in conclusory language, that petitioner, is being deprived of his liberty “in violation of the…