Legal Opinion
Sykes v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided December 10, 1971PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
OLIVER, Judge.
Roosevelt Sykes, the petitioner below, indigent and represented by the Shelby County Public Defender duly appointed, an inmate of the State Penitentiary where he is serving concurrent sentences of 10 years and three years for armed robbery and third degree burglary, respectively, adjudged upon his pleas of guilty in the Criminal Court of Shelby County while represented by retained trial counsel, appeals to this Court from the judgment of that court dismissing his habeas corpus petition, filed under the Post-Conviction Procedure Act, without an evidentiary hearing.
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