Legal Opinion
Stidham v. Swenson
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided May 15, 1970No. Civ. A. No. 18121-2PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR HABEAS CORPUS
COLLINSON, District Judge.
Petitioner is an inmate of the Missouri State Penitentiary serving a sentence of life imprisonment upon conviction of a first-degree murder. Petitioner filed a petition for habeas corpus asserting that his conviction is void because it was rendered without due process of law and in violation of the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth Amendments.
In May, 1952 petitioner was sentenced to a 25-year term in the Penitentiary for robbery. While serving his term, he was accused and convicted in 1955 of killing another inmate,…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Powell v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Napue v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Swenson v. StidhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Agee v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1974
- Cobb v. WyrickDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1974
- Brown v. HaynesDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1974
- James William Stidham v. Harold R. Swenson, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
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