Legal Opinion
Delbert R. Crosswhite v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden of the Missouri State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 2, 1971No. 20634_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENLEY, Chief District Judge.
This is an appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri (Chief Judge Meredith) dismissing without an evidentiary hearing a petition for a writ of habeas corpus filed on behalf of appellant, Delbert R. Crosswhite, an inmate of the Missouri State Penitentiary. 1
In 1937 appellant was charged with first degree murder in the Circuit Court of Mississippi County, Missouri. He was represented by two court appointed attorneys; he entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to imprisonment for life. 2
In 1966 appellant filed…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Harris v. NelsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Crosswhite v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1968
- Robert Hawkins v. John E. Bennett, Warden, Iowa State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Percy Crowe v. State of South DakotaCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
- Peterson v. State of MissouriDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1973
- Brown v. HaynesDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1974
- Johnson v. WyrickDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1974
- Charles Miller Moore v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden, Missouri State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
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