Legal Opinion
Pedicord v. Swenson
District Court, W.D. Missouri
Decided October 6, 1969No. 1405PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING HABEAS CORPUS
JOHN W. OLIVER, District Judge.
I
This habeas corpus case involves a state prisoner who is serving a mandatory life sentence in the Missouri penitentiary imposed in 1952 on a plea of guilty tendered after a five or ten minute consultation with appointed counsel. The Supreme Court of Missouri affirmed the trial court’s denial of petitioner’s Missouri Rule 27.26, V.A.M.R. postconviction motion in State v. Pedicord, Sup.Ct. of Mo., Div. 1, 1969, 437 S.W.2d 87. That court adversely decided on the merits the questions presented to this Court; hence,…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Johnson v. ZerbstSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- McCarthy v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- MacHibroda v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by20 opinions
- McCrary v. StateMissouri Court of Appeals · 1975
- James G. Perry v. Sherman A. Crouse, Warden, Kansas State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1970
- Skaggs v. StateSupreme Court of Missouri · 1972
- Mountjoy v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1969
- Meller v. SwensonDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1969
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