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JOHNSON v. RUSSELL

404 S.W.2d 471 (1966)

Samuel J. JOHNSON v. Lake F. RUSSELL, Warden.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

June 3, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter B. Johnson, Knoxville, for petitioner.

George F. McCanless, State Atty. Gen., and William H. Lassiter, Asst. State Atty. Gen., Nashville, and Edward E. Davis, Dist. Atty. Gen., Chattanooga, prosecuted case for the State in trial court, for the State.

OPINION

BURNETT, Chief Justice.

The petitioner, Johnson, is presently confined in the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary at Petros. He filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus against the Warden in the Criminal Court of Morgan County. This petition was transferred for hearing to the Criminal Court of Hamilton County pursuant to the authority vested in the Chief Justice by Chapter 234 of the Public Acts of 1965. The trial judge of Hamilton County summarily...

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