Legal Opinion
Roy M. Turner v. Ralph N. Eidson, Warden of the Missouri State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided September 13, 1954No. 14789PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSEN, Circuit Judge.
Appellant is ah inmate of the Missouri State Penitentiary, under a sentence of life imprisonment, imposed in 1926, on his conviction by a trial court of that State for murder. After various, unsuccessful, collateral proceedings brought by him in the state courts of Missouri, he now seeks his release on a writ of ha-beas corpus in the federal courts. The District Court denied his application, and he has appealed. We have appointed counsel to represent him here, who has exhaustively briefed and ably argued all the possible merits of his situation.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Hawk v. OlsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1942
- State v. PieskiSupreme Court of Missouri · 1913
- Caldwell v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Missouri · 1870
- Porch v. Cagle, SheriffCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1952
- United States ex rel. Pascal v. BurkeDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1950
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Charles R. Starkweather, Relator and v. John Greenholtz, Deputy and Acting Warden, Nebraska State Penitentiary, AndCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1959
- Simmons v. BomarDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1964
- United States ex rel. Morgan v. JacksonDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1955