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WOLFE v. NASH

No. 13356-3.

205 F.Supp. 219 (1962)

Ronald Lee WOLFE, Petitioner, v. Elbert V. NASH, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court W. D. Missouri, W. D.

April 26, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Herd, of Deeba, Sauter & Herd, St. Louis, Mo., for plaintiff.

Ben Ely and George Drapper, Asst. Attys. Gen. of Missouri, Jefferson City, Mo., for defendant.

DUNCAN, Chief Judge.

The Petitioner was charged with statutory rape of an eight year old girl, and tried under the Habitual Criminal Act of Missouri, Section 556.2801 RSMO 1949, V.A.M.S. He was found guilty by a jury of the offense of "rape under the statute". The death penalty was imposed by the court.

The petitioner appealed from the judgment and sentence of the court to the Supreme Court of Missouri, and there the judgment of...

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