STATE EX REL. BODKINS v. COOK


633 S.W.2d 477 (1981)

STATE of Tennessee, ex rel., James Edward BODKINS, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Howard G. COOK, etc., et al., Defendants/Appellants. and STATE of Tennessee, ex rel. Mark ENGLAND, Plaintiff/Appellee, v. Howard G. COOK, etc., et al., Defendants/Appellants.

Court of Appeals of Tennessee, Western Section.

Permission to Appeal Denied February 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry L. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendants-appellants.

Andrew J. Shookhoff, Vanderbilt Legal Clinic, Vanderbilt School of Law, Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court February 22, 1982.

TOMLIN, Judge.

These two cases have been consolidated for presentation to this Court. Both juveniles, at the time their petitions were filed, were confined by the Department of Correction at Spencer Youth Center in Davidson County. Bodkins had been committed to the department from Gibson County, and England had been committed from Macon County. Each inmate filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus...

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