RAYMOND STANFORD MATHA, APPELLANT,
v.
HAROLD R. SWENSON, WARDEN, APPELLEE
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The court affirmed the district court's denial of habeas corpus relief, finding no constitutional violations.
Petitioner, convicted of burglary and stealing, sought habeas corpus relief, alleging errors in evidence admission and lineup procedures. The district…
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PER CURIAM.
On this appeal, we review an order of the district court, Judge Harper, denying habeas corpus relief to Raymond Stanford Matha, a Missouri state prisoner, who was convicted in 1966 of burglary and stealing. These convictions were affirmed by the Missouri Supreme Court in State v. Matha, 446 S.W. 2d 829 (Mo.1969).
Matha’s counsel raises two issues: 1) that the state court erred in admitting evidence tending to show that the defendant had participated in another burglary which occurred shortly before the burglary for which Matha was convicted; and 2) that the identification procedures of the line-up in which Ma-tha appeared following his arrest violated due process. Judge Harper determined both contentions to be devoid of merit. He observed that the admission of the testimony pertaining to petitioner’s commission of the earlier burglary presented no constitutional overtones, and therefore was not cognizable by a federal court through habeas corpus proceedings. Judge Harper also found that the record failed to demonstrate that the line-up procedures violated the petitioner’s constitutional rights.
We agree with Judge Harper’s rulings on these issues and affirm for the reasons stated in his unreported opinion.1
Affirmed.
. Petitioner lias filed a pro se supplemental brief in which he charges that he has had inadequate assistance of counsel since none of his attorneys have raised a double jeopardy defense. Petitioner’s double jeopardy contention rests on the fact that he was retried for his offenses after the jury failed to reach a verdict at his first trial. This contention lacks merit. In 1824, the Supreme Court determined in United States v. Perez, 9 Wheat. 579, 22 U.S. 579, 6 L.Ed. 165, that a mistrial caused by a jury’s inability to agree did not place a second trial under the ban of the double jeopardy clause of the Fifth Amendment. The Court has consistently reaffirmed the validity of the Peres decision. E. g., Downum v. United States, 372 U.S. 734, 735-36, 83 S.Ct. 1033, 10 L.Ed.2d 100 (1963) ; Green v. United States, 355 U.S. 184, 188, 78 S.Ct. 221, 2 L.Ed.2d 199 (1957) ; see Houp v. State, 427 F. 2d 254 (8th Cir. 1970).
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- Green v. United States, 355 U.S. 184 (U.S. 1957)
- The United States v. Josef Perez, 9 Wheat. 579 (U.S. 1824)
- Downum v. United States, 372 U.S. 734 (U.S. 1963)
- Jewel A. Houp v. The State OF Neb., 427 F.2d 254 (8th Cir. 1970)