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STATE EX REL. NELSON v. SIMS

583 S.W.2d 302 (1976)

STATE of Tennessee, ex rel. Charles Ray NELSON, Appellant, v. Ross SIMS, Sheriff of Knox County, Tennessee, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

September 27, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ralph E. Harwell, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ronald A. Webster, Dist. Atty. Gen., Knoxville, David L. Raybin, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for appellant; R.A. Ashley, Atty. Gen., Nashville, of counsel.

Donald A. Donati, Memphis, William L. Shulman, Johnson City, for appellee.

OPINION

BROCK, Judge.

This appeal is from the judgment of the Criminal Court, Knox County, denying relator's petition for the writ of habeas corpus.

Relator, Charles Ray Nelson, was charged in two warrants; one was for assault and battery, which is not involved in this appeal, and the other was a "peace warrant" issued under the authority of T.C.A. § 38-301, et seq. Relator was ordered to give security in the amount of $2,000.00, conditioned...

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