BATES v. MEADOWS

No. 16234.

358 F.2d 674 (1966)

Willie BATES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. James E. MEADOWS, Acting Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

March 28, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Gorman, Cincinnati, Ohio, for appellant.

Ed R. Davies, Special Counsel State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., Henry C. Foutch, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Tennessee, Nashville Tenn., on brief; George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Reporter, State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., of counsel, for appellee.

Before EDWARDS, Circuit Judge, McALLISTER, Senior Circuit Judge, and BROOKS, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner-appellant, Willie Bates, is a state prisoner serving a life sentence for rape. He has previously been convicted on a guilty plea and has served a sentence for a similar offense. This appeal is taken from an order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, which denied, after a hearing, an application for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner complains that his guilty plea entered in the state...

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