Legal Opinion
Caffey v. Swenson
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided July 31, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 18437-3PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS
BECKER, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, a state convict confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary, petitions this Court for a writ of federal habeas corpus adjudicating as invalid his state conviction for possession of burglary tools. Petitioner also requests leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis has been previously granted.
Petitioner states that he was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Greene County of possession of burglary tools; that he was sentenced on that conviction on July 7, 1967, to a term of three years’…
2Cases cited39 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Spinelli v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Conklin v. BarfieldDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1971
- Smith v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1971
- Lansdown v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1971
- Jack Virgil Caffey v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971