Franklin Sanders v. William E. Freeman, Jr. And Charles Burson

OPINION

BOGGS, Circuit Judge.

The petitioner, Franklin Sanders, is a businessman who, prior to his conviction, worked as a retail dealer in Memphis, Tennessee selling gold and silver coins and bullion for cash. He sought a writ of habeas corpus following his conviction for unlawfully depriving the State of Tennessee in its collection of sales tax revenues. The district court denied Sanders’s petition and granted summary judgment for the state. We affirm.

I

The following excerpt from the Tennessee Supreme Court’s opinion affirming Sanders’s conviction accurately summarizes the facts giving rise to…