Legal Opinion
Martis C. Scalf v. John E. Bennett, Warden, Iowa State Penitentiary, Fort Madison, Iowa
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided April 28, 1969No. 19342PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MATTHES, Circuit Judge.
Martis C. Scalf, an Iowa state prisoner, has appealed from the order of the United States District Court, Southern-District of Iowa, The Honorable Roy L. Stephenson, denying his petition for ha-beas relief.
At the outset we note the chronology of the proceedings. On March 29, 1962, an indictment was filed in the district court of Polk County, Iowa, charging appellant with statutory rape in violation of § 698.1 of the 1958 Iowa Code. The victim was Joan Knight, who was on the date of the offense, September 22, 1961, eleven years old. At the time appellant was apparently…
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