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TARRENCE v. BUCHANAN

No. 2865.

126 F.Supp. 750 (1954)

Roy TARRENCE, Petitioner, v. Jess BUCHANAN, Warden Kentucky State Penitentiary, Eddyville, Kentucky and Commonwealth of Kentucky Through its Attorney General, Respondents.

United States District Court W. D. Kentucky, at Louisville.

December 27, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sandy Paniello, Louisville, Ky., for petitioner.

A. Scott Hamilton, Carl Ousley, Jr., Lawrence Higgins, Louisville, Ky., for respondents.

BROOKS, District Judge.

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus under the provisions of Section 2241, Title 28 United States Code Annotated.

The petitioner, Roy Tarrence, was found guilty by a Kentucky jury of the murder of Francis J. McCormick, given a death sentence, and is now awaiting execution set for January 14, 1955. He is the father of Leonard Tarrence who pled guilty to the same crime and whose petition for a writ of habeas corpus was this...

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