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TOMKINS v. MISSOURI

No. 64.

323 U.S. 485 (1945)

65 S.Ct. 370

89 L.Ed. 407

TOMKINS v. MISSOURI.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John Raeburn Green, with whom Mr. Keith L. Seegmiller was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Robert J. Flanagan, Assistant Attorney General of Missouri, with whom Mr. Roy McKittrick, Attorney General, was on the brief, for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case is a companion case to Williams v. Kaiser, ante, p. 471. It, too, is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus here on certiorari to the Missouri Supreme Court. It is alleged in the petition that petitioner in 1934 was charged with murder in the first degree, pleaded guilty to the charge, and was convicted and sentenced to the state penitentiary for life where he is presently confined...

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