STATE v. HENDERSON


421 S.W.2d 635 (1967)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Edward EDMONDSON, Plaintiff in Error. v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary at Nashville, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

November 27, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Higgins, Nashville, for plaintiff in error.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., and Paul E. Jennings, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant in error.


OPINION

HUMPHREYS, Justice.

In November, 1965, petitioner was sentenced, after executing a waiver of jury trial and entering a written plea of guilty to five years in the penitentiary for armed robbery in each of two cases, the sentences to run concurrently. Petitioner thereafter executed a written waiver of his right to an appeal.

Petitioner filed his petition for habeas corpus in the Davidson County Criminal Court, alleging the judgment of conviction...

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