Legal Opinion
Lyle v. Eidson, Warden
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 18, 1952No. 14493PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Per curiam
The appellant is confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary under a sentence of life imprisonment imposed by the Circuit Court of Boone County, Misssouri, on December 21, 1943. Upon a charge of having murdered his wife, he was tried and found guilty by a jury in that court on November 2, 1943.
After having unsuccessfully challenged the legality of his detention by habeas corpus proceedings in the courts of the State of Missouri and having been denied certio-rari by the Supreme Court of the United States, he applied to the United States District Court for the Western District of Missouri for a…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Hopson v. SmythCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1950
3Cited by3 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- United States of America Ex Rel. Harry Gordon Geach v. Joseph E. Ragen, Warden, Illinois State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1956
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953