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STATE v. FORD

376 S.W.2d 486 (1964)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. David NEEDHAM, Plaintiff in Error, v. Carl K. FORD, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 5, 1964.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl E. Leming, Knoxville, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Attorney General, Thomas E. Fox, Assistant Attorney General, for defendant in error.

HOLMES, Justice.

In this case, a petition for habeas corpus was filed in the Circuit Court of Knox County on March 18, 1963 on behalf of David Needham, a minor 16 years of age, who was then confined in the Knox County Jail, having been so confined since March 13, 1963. The juvenile is a resident of Knox County, Tennessee. The original petition for habeas corpus is sworn to by his father, Trolin C. Needham, Jr.

In January 1962, two petitions were filed in the...

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