Morton v. Steele

This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri dismissing an application for a writ of habeas corpus.

The application for the writ shows that petitioner was tried and convicted of sec ond degree murder in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, that the judgment of conviction was appealed to the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and affirmed, Morton v. U. S., 79 U.S.App.D.C. 329, 147 F.2d 28, and that certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court, 324 U.S. 875, 876, 65 S.Ct. 1015, 89 L.Ed. 1428; that…