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JONES v. JOHNSON

No. 16546.

359 F.2d 426 (1966)

Levi JONES, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Wilburn C. JOHNSON, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

May 4, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Levi Jones, in pro. per.

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

Before PHILLIPS, EDWARDS and CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

Petitioner was convicted in the State criminal court on his plea of guilty of murder in the second degree and was sentenced to a term of not more than twenty years. He had been indicted for first degree murder. The murder grew out of a crap game in which the decedent is alleged to have short-changed petitioner one dollar of his winnings. The hand-written petition filed in the district court admits that petitioner shot and killed the decedent in Memphis...

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