CHEEK v. SWENSON

No. S69 C 65.

307 F.Supp. 673 (1969)

Arthur CHEEK, Petitioner, v. Harold R. SWENSON, Warden, Missouri State Penitentiary.

United States District Court E. D. Missouri, Southeastern Division.

December 12, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Cheek, pro se.

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen. for State of Missouri, for respondent.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HARPER, Chief Judge.

Petitioner, presently confined in the Missouri State Penitentiary at Jefferson City, Missouri, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S. C.A. § 2254.

Petitioner alleges that he was sentenced to life imprisonment in Stoddard County, Missouri, on May 31, 1958, on a charge of murder, and attempted to appeal the conviction, but did not pursue the appeal to conclusion. On...

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