STATE v. MEADOWS


389 S.W.2d 256 (1965)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. James H. HALL, Plaintiff in Error, v. James E. MEADOWS, Acting Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 7, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Omer, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., William H. Lassiter, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.


WHITE, Justice.

Plaintiff in error, who is presently confined in the Tennessee State Penitentiary at Nashville, filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus against the defendant in error, James E. Meadows, then Acting Warden of the said Penitentiary, in the Criminal Court of Davidson County, Tennessee.

From the judgment of the court dismissing the petition, plaintiff in error has appealed and upon application here, the Honorable James R. Omer, of the Nashville...

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