Legal Opinion
Burt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 13, 1970PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
RUSSELL, Judge.
Troy Burt appeals from the dismissal without an evi-dentiary hearing of his petition for the writ of habeas corpus, treated by the Criminal Court of Shelby County as a petition under the Post-Conviction Procedure Act.
Burt is serving a ten year penitentiary sentence for armed robbery. He was tried upon a not guilty plea, his conviction appealed to and affirmed by this Court, and certiorari denied by our Supreme Court.
The petition sub judice alleges (1) that he is being unlawfully held in violation of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the U. S. Constitution and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Charles Robert O'Malley v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1961
- Arnold Sanchez Fernandez v. John H. KlingerCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1965
- State Ex Rel. Lawrence v. HendersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1968
- Ellis v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1892
- Turner v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1891
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Black v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- Adkins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
- Lillard v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
- State Ex Rel. Henderson v. RussellCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
- Stokely v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1971
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