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STATE v. HEER

412 S.W.2d 218 (1966)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. William Joe JOHNSON, Plaintiff in Error, v. Henry M. HEER, Warden, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

October 7, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gail P. Pigg, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Henry C. Foutch, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Douglas M. Fisher, Sp. Counsel, Nashville, for defendant in error.

OPINION

CRESON, Justice.

On June 17, 1965, plaintiff in error, William Joe Johnson, filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Circuit Court of Davidson County, Tennessee. This petition for writ of habeas corpus alleged that in his prior trial in the Criminal Court of Montgomery County, Tennessee, for the crime of rape, certain of petitioner's constitutional rights were violated. At that trial, he was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment....

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