STATE v. WHITE


398 S.W.2d 737 (1966)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Betty Jean DILLEHAY, Plaintiff in Error, v. Lawson WHITE, Sheriff of Maury County, Tennessee, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

January 14, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles A. Trost, Columbia, for plaintiff in error.

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


WHITE, Justice.

The Circuit Judge dismissed this petition for the writ of habeas corpus after having considered the averments of the petition, the stipulation between the parties, and the record in the case of "State of Tennessee v. Betty Jean Dillehay, Criminal Court of Maury County, Tennessee, No. 7068."

Our consideration is limited to the law applicable to the facts as they were made to appear in the Circuit Court by stipulation, viz.:

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