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RAY v. ROSE

No. 73-1543.

491 F.2d 285 (1974)

James Earl RAY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. J. H. ROSE, Warden, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 29, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Fensterwald, Jr., Washington, D. C., for petitioner-appellant; James H. Lesar, Washington, D. C., Robert I. Livingston, Memphis, Tenn., on brief.

W. Henry Haile, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., on brief, for respondent-appellee; David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., of counsel.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and CELEBREZZE and MILLER, Circuit Judges.

WILLIAM E. MILLER, Circuit Judge.

James Earl Ray plead guilty on March 10, 1969, in a Tennessee criminal court to the charge of first degree murder in the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. He was sentenced to prison for a term of 99 years. Subsequently, after state remedies were denied without an evidentiary hearing, he petitioned the court below for a writ of habeas corpus, alleging certain constitutional violations. This appeal is from the denial of the...

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