Eddie David Cox v. R. J. Gaffney, Warden, Kansas State Penitentiary

This is an appeal from dismissal of a state prisoner habeas corpus petition by the United States District Court for the District of Kansas. On May 2, 1969, the district court of Johnson County, Kansas, imposed a one to five year sentence on Cox following his plea of guilty to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon (K.S.A. § 21-2611). Subsequently, Cox attacked this sentence by way of a motion pursuant to K.S.A. § 60-1507. A denial of relief by the sentencing court was affirmed by the Kansas Supreme Court. Cox v. State, 208 Kan. 190, 490 P.2d 381 (1971). A federal petition was filed,…