RAY v. ROSE

Civ. A. No. 6800.

373 F.Supp. 687 (1973)

James Earl RAY, Petitioner, v. Mr. J. H. ROSE, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Respondent.

United States District Court, M. D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

March 30, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Fensterwald, Jr., James H. Lesar, Washington, D. C., Robert I. Livingston, Memphis, Tenn., Stephen C. Small, Nashville, Tenn., for petitioner.

W. Henry Haile, Asst. Atty. Gen., State of Tenn., Nashville, Tenn., for respondent.


MEMORANDUM

MORTON, District Judge.

This is a petition for writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. While petitioner raises a myriad of issues in his massive pleadings, the central and determinative issue is whether petitioner, on March 10, 1969, voluntarily, knowingly, and intelligently entered a plea of guilty to the first degree murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. If petitioner did enter a voluntary, knowing and intelligent guilty plea...

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