Joseph McDonald v. Charles Black

BOWMAN, Circuit Judge.

Joseph McDonald appeals from the District Court’s 1 denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, 661 F.Supp. 660. A Nebraska trial court convicted McDonald, who was sixteen years old at the time of his arrest, of first degree murder in the July 4,1974 death of Lyle Ford. McDonald pursued a direct appeal in the Nebraska Supreme Court, where his conviction was affirmed. State v. McDonald, 240 N.W.2d 8 (Neb.1976). He then filed this petition for a writ of habeas corpus. McDonald asserts two grounds for relief. He first argues that the failure of the police to comply…