HAGGARD v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

No. 19487.

421 F.2d 1384 (1970)

William H. HAGGARD, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF TENNESSEE and Honorable Joseph D. Duncan, Judge, Knox County Criminal Court, Knoxville, Tennessee, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 10, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William H. Haggard, pro se.

Elmer D. Davies, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Tenn., Nashville, Tenn., on brief, for appellees, David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., and Reporter, State of Tenn., of counsel.

Before WEICK, Circuit Judge, and McALLISTER and O'SULLIVAN, Senior Circuit Judges.


WEICK, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, an inmate of the Tennessee State Penitentiary in Nashville, Tennessee, appeals from an order entered by the District Court denying his petition for a writ of mandamus. The petition sought an order of the District Court commanding a state criminal court judge to furnish him with copies of "court records, legal documents, etc." pertaining to one of his convictions which formed the basis for his conviction as an habitual criminal.

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