Dennis Paul Hughes v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden

MATTHES, Chief Judge.

This case comes before the court on appeal from the order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri, 328 F.Supp. 1298, denying appellant, a Missouri state prisoner, habeas corpus relief. 1

In appellant’s habeas petition filed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254, he alleged: (1) that the Missouri state court erred in admitting into evidence incriminating statements made by him, including his confession given to the St. Louis police, claiming there was an insufficient fac tual basis to support the finding by the Missouri trial court, and the Missouri…