Legal Opinion
Jerry Sheldon v. State of Nebraska
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 2, 1968No. 19078_1PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEHAFFY, Circuit Judge.
Jerry Sheldon, petitioner-appellant, an inmate of the Nebraska State Prison by reason of convictions upon two counts of an information, one count charging burglary and the other count charging possession of burglar’s tools, seeks his release by habeas corpus proceedings. The United States District Judge, The Honorable Robert Van Pelt, conducted an evidentiary hearing and in an exhaustive but unreported opinion denied the petition for the writ. We affirm.
Sheldon was sentenced to ten years on the burglary count and three years on the possession of burglar’s tools count,…
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