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Meller v. Swenson

District Court, W.D. Missouri

Decided December 9, 1969No. Civ. A. 1418PublishedCited by 21 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS

BECKER, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, a state convict presently confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary, petitions this Court for a writ of federal habeas corpus to invalidate his state conviction for burglary and larceny. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis was granted by the show cause order entered herein on June 25,1969.

Petitioner states that, upon his plea of guilty to an information charging both burglary and larceny in one count, he was convicted in the Circuit Court of Cole County; that he was sentenced by that court on April 22, 1952, to a term of…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  2. Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
  3. Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
  4. Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  5. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964

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3Cited by21 opinions

  1. Melvin Meller v. State of MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
  2. State of Missouri v. Tawanda KunongaMissouri Court of Appeals · 2016
  3. Morris v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
  4. Brown v. HaynesDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1974
  5. Johnson v. WyrickDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1974

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