United States Ex Rel. Roger Lee McQueen v. Hon. H. Kenneth Wangelin, United States District Judge

This is an application for a writ of mandamus by petitioner, Roger Lee McQueen, to compel the District Court to render a final determination of McQueen’s pending petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is serving a life sentence in the Missouri State Penitentiary on a 1964 jury conviction for second degree murder that he claims was secured by reason of inadequate assistance of counsel. On June 4, 1974, we reversed the District Court’s dismissal of the habeas corpus petition and remanded the case for an evidentiary hearing to determine whether petitioner had in fact been prejudiced by…