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LAWRENCE v. RUSSELL

No. 19683.

430 F.2d 718 (1970)

Dickie Lee LAWRENCE, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Lake F. RUSSELL, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Nashville, Tennessee, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

September 4, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John G. Cobey (Court appointed), Cincinnati, Ohio, for petitioner-appellant; Cohen, Todd, Kite & Spiegel, Cincinnati, Ohio, on brief.

James M. Tharpe, Special Counsel, Memphis, Tenn., for respondent-appellee; David M. Pack, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, State of Tennessee, of counsel.

Before EDWARDS, CELEBREZZE and BROOKS, Circuit Judges.

EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from denial by a District Judge in the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee (Western Division) of petitioner's application for a writ of habeas corpus. He had been convicted in the Tennessee State courts on his guilty plea to the offense of attempted rape of a ten year old child — a capital offense under Tennessee law. He is serving a life sentence...

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