Crutchfield v. Collins

OPINION

TODD, Judge.

This suit relates to the right to vote of three plaintiffs convicted of infamous crimes. The Chancellor ruled in the affirmative and the defendants election officials have appealed. There was an effort to convert this case into a class action, but the Chancellor declined to do so, and no complaint is made on appeal as to this decision.

The three plaintiffs are registered voters in Shelby County, Tennessee and are incarcerated in the Shelby County Penal Farm pursuant to sentences in Shelby County Criminal Court upon convictions of the offense of petty larceny. The dates of…