McCormick v. Swenson

ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO PROCEED IN FORMA PAUPERIS AND DENYING PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS WITHOUT PREJUDICE

BECKER, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, a convict confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary, Jefferson City, Missouri, has filed a petition for a writ of federal habeas corpus and for leave to proceed in forma pauperis. Leave to proceed in forma pauperis will be granted.

Petitioner states that he was found guilty by a jury after a plea of not guilty to an information charging him with first degree murder; that he was sentenced on March 17, 1967, to a life term of imprisonment by the Circuit…