Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Bomar
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided March 12, 1964No. Civ. A. 3600PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, Chief Judge.
Petitioner, a prisoner in the Tennessee State Penitentiary, has filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis attacking the legality of his confinement. Petitioner contends that his conviction on several counts of burglary was based upon the introduction of evidence which had been obtained by the police through an unlawful search of his trailer home in violation of his rights under the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the Constitution of the United States. [Same case: Simmons v. State, 210 Tenn. 443, 360 S.W.2d 10 (1962); and Simmons v. Bomar,…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Brinegar v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Giordenello v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Amos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Paprskar v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1972
- State v. DouglasOregon Supreme Court · 1971
- United States v. Frank AgostoCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1974
- Kenneth B. Simmons v. Lynn Bomar, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Robert Eugene Weed v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1965
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