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LEIGHTON v. HENDERSON

414 S.W.2d 419 (1967)

Ira LEIGHTON v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, etc.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 7, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd Comer, Lawrenceburg, for petitioner, Leighton.

William A. Harwell, Dist. Atty. Gen., Columbia, and Joe W. Henry, Jr., Pulaski, for C. Murray Henderson, Warden.

OPINION

BURNETT, Chief Justice.

Leighton filed his petition for habeas corpus in the early part of January, 1966, in the Criminal Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, and the same was transferred to the Circuit Court at Lawrence County pursuant to statute, T.C.A. § 23-1840.

The case subsequent to that time through various motions has been twice before this Court. In an opinion of Leighton v. Henderson, 407 S.W.2d 177

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