Legal Opinion
Garton v. Swenson
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided December 18, 1973No. 18547-1PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.
Petitioner, currently serving a life sentence imposed under the Missouri Habitual Criminal Act, was granted conditional federal habeas corpus relief in Garton v. Swenson 266 F.Supp. 726 (W.D.Mo.1967). Further proceedings were held and petitioner returns to this Court seeking additional relief.
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On September 1, 1961, two men robbed the Farley State Bank in Farley, Missouri. Petitioner was arrested for that crime on October 28, 1961, in Hobbs, New Mexico, and was held for extradition to Missouri. At an extradition hearing held November 22, 1961,…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Ashe v. SwensonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Moore v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- United States v. Willie Decoster, Jr.Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Charles W. Garton v. Harold R. SwensonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
- Agee v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
- Garton v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1976
- Fisher v. TrickeyDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1987