HALL v. HEER


398 S.W.2d 71 (1966)

Robert H. HALL v. Henry M. HEER, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

January 5, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Hall, per se.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Douglas M. Fisher, Sp. Counsel, Nashville, for the state.


BURNETT, Chief Justice.

Plaintiff in error filed his petition for the writ of habeas corpus complaining of being confined in the maximum security portion of the prison without reason and was thus being deprived of "the privileges and his restricted freedom enjoyed by the other inmates of the prison," that "such punishment constitutes prejudicial treatment against him; and further, that it constitutes cruel and inhuman punishment, a violation of the petitioner...

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