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Johnson v. Russell

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided June 3, 1966PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Burnett

The petitioner, Johnson, is presently confined in the Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary at Petros. He filed a petition for the writ of habeas corpus against the Warden in the Criminal Court of Morgan County. This petition was transferred for hearing to the Criminal Court of Hamilton County pursuant to the authority vested in the Chief Justice by Chapter 234 of the Public Acts of 1965. The trial judge of Hamilton County summarily dismissed, the petition, and from this dismissal the present appeal comes.

According to the allegations of the petition, the petitioner was convicted in the Criminal…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. State Ex Rel. Kuntz v. BomarTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
  2. Goldsby v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Wetzel v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1954
  4. Dunn v. AndersonMississippi Supreme Court · 1956
  5. Green v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1948

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Hickman v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2004
  2. State v. MixonTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  3. Stephen Bernard Wlodarz v. State of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2012
  4. Teague v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
  5. Cole v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1979

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