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STATE v. BOMAR

329 S.W.2d 813 (1959)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. William TINES, Plaintiff in Error, v. Lynn BOMAR, Warden of Tennessee State Penitentiary, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

Rehearing Overruled December 11, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl E. Leming, James P. Brown and M. L. Huffman, Knoxville, for plaintiff in error.

James M. Glasgow, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.

SWEPSTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from the judgment of the Circuit Court of Knox County, Tennessee, dismissing the petition for writ of habeas corpus and quashing the writ. Tines, hereinafter called relator, filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus on May 11, 1959, against Lynn Bomar, the Warden of the Tennessee State Penitentiary, hereinafter referred to as respondent. The petition alleged he was under sentence of death by electrocution, which was set for...

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