TOWNSEND v. BOMAR

No. 16212.

351 F.2d 499 (1965)

Thomas TOWNSEND and Roosevelt Terry, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Lynn BOMAR, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

October 16, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth L. Roberts (court appointed), Nashville, Tenn., for appellants.

Henry C. Foutch, Nashville, Tenn. (George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, State of Tennessee, of counsel), for appellee.

Before WEICK, Chief Judge, MILLER, Circuit Judge, and BOYD, District Judge.


WEICK, Chief Judge.

This is an appeal from an order of the District Court denying each appellant's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. The two petitions were consolidated for hearing. The case has been before us previously. On that occasion we vacated the order of the District Court denying the petitions for a writ of habeas corpus and remanded for the purpose of holding a hearing and making factual findings as to whether petitioners were denied an opportunity to...

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