TOOLEY v. ROSE

No. 74-1400.

507 F.2d 413 (1974)

Willard Rex TOOLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Jimmy H. ROSE, Warden, Tennessee State Prison, Respondent-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

December 4, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard Rex Tooley, pro se.

Robert G. Gilder, Gilder & Jones, Southaven, Miss. (Court-appointed), for petitioner-appellant.

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen. of Tennessee, W. Henry Haile, II, Nashville, Tenn., for respondent-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, CELEBREZZE and McCREE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant was convicted of murder in the criminal court of Shelby County, Tennessee. The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed.

Having exhausted his state remedies, Appellant filed a habeas writ below and an evidentiary hearing resulted in a decision for Appellee. Appellant now brings this appeal.

Appellant contends that he was denied his constitutional rights because of ineffective assistance of trial counsel in the state court...

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