Huffman v. Tollett

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

C. G. NEESE, District Judge.

This is an application by the petitioner Mr. Huffman, in custody of the respondent pursuant to judgments of the Criminal Court of Sullivan County, Tennessee, for the federal writ of habeas corpus, on the ground that he is in such custody in violation of the Constitution of the United States. 28 U.S.C. § 2254 (a). Mr. Huffman claims that he has *59appealed his judgments of conviction in that court to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, which affirmed the judgments, Huffman v. State, 458 S.W. 2d 29, and unsuccessfully sought…