PRYOR v. HENDERSON

No. 18338.

403 F.2d 46 (1968)

George Monroe PRYOR, Petitioner-Appellee, v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Respondent-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

November 7, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Tharpe, Memphis, Tenn., for appellant; George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, State of Tennessee, of counsel.

G. Edward Draper, Memphis, Tenn., for appellee.

Before PHILLIPS, EDWARDS, and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This is an appeal from a judgment granting a petition for habeas corpus and directing that petitioner-appellee be discharged from custody within fifteen days unless the state should decide to re-try him.

The opinion and order of the District Court states the relevant facts which we find to be supported by the evidence. Petitioner-appellee, a twenty-eight year old male who had attended high school, was arrested in Memphis, Tennessee by the city...

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