JORDAN v. CARDWELL

No. 20071.

428 F.2d 325 (1970)

Kenneth JORDAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. H. J. CARDWELL, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

June 18, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nelson G. Karl, Cleveland, Ohio, for appellant.

Leo J. Conway, Asst. Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, Paul W. Brown, Atty. Gen., Columbus, Ohio, on the brief, for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and CELEBREZZE and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.

This is a habeas corpus case in which petitioner challenges his conviction in the state courts of Ohio.

On November 15, 1955, a jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Trumbull County, Ohio, found petitioner guilty of murder in the first degree in connection with the death of Sylvia Tanner. He was sentenced to life imprisonment. No appeal was taken from this judgment. Thereafter petitioner sought relief under the Ohio Post Conviction Statute...

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