Legal Opinion
Donnell v. Swenson
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided October 4, 1966No. 997PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.
We are required to determine in this habeas corpus proceeding involving an inmate in the Missouri Penitentiary the important question of whether the principles of Douglas v. People of State of California, 372 U.S. 353, 83 S.Ct. 814, 9 L.Ed.2d 811 (1963), as read by our controlling court in Bosler v. Swenson, Warden (8th Cir.1966), 363 F.2d 154 (decided July 14,1966 and not yet reported), are to be applied retroactively. Bosler definitely determined that Missouri’s former criminal appellate procedure did not satisfy the teachings of Douglas. We…
2Cases cited71 opinions
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Baggett v. WainwrightSupreme Court of Florida · 1969
- United States of America Ex Rel. Joel Smith v. The Hon. Daniel McMann Warden of the Auburn State Prison, Auburn, New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1969
- White v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1966
- Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary v. William B. DonnellCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1967
- State v. DonnellSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
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