MORTON v. HENDERSON

No. 17656.

389 F.2d 699 (1967)

Hollis MORTON, Petitioner-Appellant, v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden Tennessee State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

October 17, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hollis Morton, in pro per.

David W. McMackin, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Tennessee, Nashville, Tenn., for appellee, on brief, George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., of counsel.

Before WEICK, Chief Judge, and O'SULLIVAN and PHILLIPS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This appeal is from an order of the District Court denying without an oral hearing appellant Morton's amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus. It was submitted to this Court on briefs, without oral argument. Morton had been granted leave to appeal in forma pauperis and his brief was filed pro se.

Morton was convicted by a jury in the Circuit Court of Maury County, Tennessee, of murder in the first degree, and was sentenced to imprisonment...

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