Legal Opinion
Ronald Maurice Stump v. John Bennett, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided December 16, 1968No. 18920_1PublishedCited by 147 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LAY, Circuit Judge.
Ronald Maurice Stump, a state prisoner, appeals from the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus in federal district court. Stump was convicted of murder in the second degree in the Polk County, Iowa, District Court in the slaying of one Michael Daly. On December 11, 1961, he was sentenced to a term of seventy-five years’ imprisonment. Stump asserted as a sole defense at his trial that it was impossible for him to have been present at the place of the crime since he was driving on the highway between Des Moines and Knoxville when the shooting took place. He…
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