Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Swenson
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided September 17, 1971No. 19310-1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.
I
Petitioner, a prisoner in the Missouri State Penitentiary, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus attacking the constitutional validity of his five year sentence for robbery in the first degree. The sentence was imposed on November 8, 1968, after a plea of guilty in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri. The Supreme Court of Missouri in Robinson v. State, (Mo.Sup.Ct., Div. 2, 1970) 454 S.W.2d 930, affirmed the trial court’s denial of postconviction relief sought under Missouri Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R.
The sole ground for federal…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ex Parte RoyallSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Garton v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1976
- Fisher v. TrickeyDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1987
- Robert Kelley v. Harold R. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Hegwood v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1972