STATE v. BOMAR


381 S.W.2d 280 (1964)

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

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

July 15, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Byrd, pro se.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Walker T. Tipton, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.


HOLMES, Justice.

The plaintiff in error, who is confined in the State Penitentiary, pursuant to a judgment rendered in the Criminal Court of Davidson County, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Criminal Court of Davidson County, seeking his release from the State Penitentiary. The petition for habeas corpus alleges that on the 19th day of January, 1962 plaintiff in error was tried and convicted of the offense of burglary in the 3rd degree and of the...

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