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STATE v. HEER

403 S.W.2d 310 (1966)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Dan Joseph REED, Plaintiff in Error, v. Henry HEER, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 22, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry U. Scruggs, Jr., Memphis, Riley, Pritchard & Scruggs, Memphis, of counsel, for plaintiff in error.

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

OPINION

WHITE, Justice.

This case presents for determination the legal merits of a petition for habeas corpus which has been transferred and heard before the original convicting court, pursuant to T.C.A. § 23-1840, Chapter 234 of the Public Acts of 1965. That statute is as follows:

The chief justice of the Supreme Court of Tennessee is hereby authorized and empowered to fix the venue and assign for trial, hearing and disposition all habeas...

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