PICKLE v. COX

Civ. A. No. 2693.

345 F.Supp. 1009 (1971)

Dan Ford PICKLE, Petitioner, v. Weldon COX, etc., Respondent.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, Northeastern Division.

Memorandum Opinion and Certificate August 17, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul H. Wohlford, Bristol, Tenn., for petitioner.

R. Jackson Rose, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM TO COUNSEL

NEESE, District Judge.

In response to this Court's order of April 5, 1971 to show cause why the federal writ of habeas corpus should not issue herein, the respondent asks for a dismissal of the application, claiming that no federal right of the applicant has been violated.

The applicant testified in his own behalf on the trial in which he was convicted of murder in the second degree of his half-brother Mr. Stacy Guy. He admitted...

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