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BIGGERS v. TENNESSEE

No. 237.

390 U.S. 404 (1968)

BIGGERS v. TENNESSEE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 18, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Meltsner argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs were Jack Greenberg, Anthony G. Amsterdam, Avon N. Williams and Z. Alexander Looby.

Thomas E. Fox, Deputy Attorney General of Tennessee, argued the cause for respondent. On the brief were George F. McCanless, Attorney General, and Robert F. Hedgepath, Assistant Attorney General.

PER CURIAM.

The judgment below is affirmed by an equally divided Court.

MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL took no part in the consideration or decision of this case.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, dissenting.1

Petitioner was indicted for a rape committed when he was 16 years old, was convicted, and after a trial by a jury sentenced to 20 years, first to a juvenile facility and later to prison. The Supreme Court of Tennessee affirmed ...

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