Endres v. Swenson

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

WEBSTER, District Judge.

This matter is before the court on the petition of Robert Lee Endres for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner is presently serving a fifteen year sentence in the Missouri State Penitentiary for first degree robbery. He was convicted in the Circuit Court of the City of St. Louis, Missouri.

Endres’ sole contention in the petition is that he was denied a speedy trial in violation of the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. This issue was decided adversely to petitioner by the Missouri Supreme Court in his…