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TOLLETT v. HENDERSON

No. 72-95.

411 U.S. 258 (1973)

TOLLETT, WARDEN v. HENDERSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 17, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

R. Jackson Rose, Assistant Attorney General of Tennessee, argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were David M. Pack, Attorney General, and Bart C. Durham III and William C. Koch, Assistant Attorneys General.

H. Fred Hoefle, by appointment of the Court, 409 U.S. 1004, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.*

Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit III, and Charles Stephen Ralston filed a brief for the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

Twenty-five years ago respondent was indicted for the crime of first-degree murder by a grand jury in Davidson County, Tennessee. On the advice of counsel, he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to a term of 99 years in prison. Many years later he sought habeas corpus in both state and federal courts. In one petition in United States District Court, he contended that...

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