Legal Opinion
Edward J. Farrant v. John E. Bennett, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided October 11, 1965No. 17635PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Per curiam
Edward J. Farrant here appeals from a denial of his application for a writ of habeas corpus in United States District Court. Appellant is presently confined in the Iowa State Penitentiary. On January 6, 1933, he entered a plea of guilty to murder based on an indictment in the Polk County District Court of Iowa. On February 6, 1933, he was sentenced to life imprisonment for murder in the first degree in a proceeding which he alleges took only ten minutes. In 1946 and again in 1950-51 he sought relief in the Federal District Court and in this court, alleging that the state trial court in 1933…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Mahon v. JusticeSupreme Court of the United States · 1888
- State v. MartinSupreme Court of Iowa · 1952
- In Re Pierce v. SmithWashington Supreme Court · 1948
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Robert Hawkins v. John E. Bennett, Warden, Iowa State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Loren E. Barry v. Maurice Sigler, Warden, Nebraska Penal and Correctional ComplexCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- State v. MulqueenSupreme Court of Iowa · 1971
- Johnson v. BuieDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1970
- Ball v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1971
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