HALE v. HENDERSON

No. 18161.

400 F.2d 655 (1968)

Albert William HALE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

September 17, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Heekin (court appointed), Cincinnati, Ohio, for petitioner-appellant.

James M. Tharpe, Special Counsel for the State of Tennessee, Memphis, Tenn., for respondent-appellee.

Before WEICK, Chief Judge, and PHILLIPS and PECK, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Petitioner was convicted of first degree murder, and following exhaustion of his remedies in the Tennessee courts instituted habeas corpus proceedings in the District Court. The present appeal followed dismissal of the habeas corpus petition.

The jury verdict of guilty could not have been obtained nor sustained in the absence of petitioner's oral and written confessions. Independent testimony established that he was introduced to the murder victim...

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