McCOY v. BOMAR

No. 15589.

333 F.2d 959 (1964)

William (Billy) McCOY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Lynn BOMAR, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

July 9, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Tobias, Cincinnati, Ohio, for appellant.

Henry C. Foutch, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., of counsel, for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS and EDWARDS, Circuit Judges, and FOX, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The appellant in this case filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for Nashville, Tennessee, on April 15, 1963, to obtain release from the custody of appellee Lynn Bomar, Warden of the Tennessee State Penitentiary, and to have the conviction and judgment against him in the Criminal Court of Anderson County at Clinton, Tennessee, declared a nullity.

District Court hearings were held on July 5, 1963, and again...

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