Legal Opinion
Nolan v. Swenson
District Court, E.D. Missouri
Decided May 14, 1973No. 72 C 778(2)Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
REGAN, District Judge.
Andy Nolan, a black man with only a second grade education, was convicted on August 13, 1963, in the Circuit Court of Dunklin County, Missouri, on his pleas of guilty to separate charges of first degree murder and assault with intent to commit murder. He was sentenced to life imprisonment on the murder charge and to a concurrent term of ten years imprisonment on the assault charge. He now petitions for habeas corpus after unsuccessful attempts to obtain post-conviction relief under Missouri Supreme Court Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R.
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2Cases cited7 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Murch v. MottramSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Brizendine v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1969
- Jerry Dean Jones v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1972
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