Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit April 24, 1972, 71-1347 (James Dale Edwards v. Harold R. Swenson, Warden)

MATTHES, Chief Judge.

Following a three-day trial, James Dale Edwards was convicted on December 16, 1965, of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appealed to the Missouri Supreme Court, and the judgment of conviction was affirmed. State v. Edwards, 435 S.W.2d 1 (1968).