Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Greene v. Rimmer

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 15, 1914PublishedCited by 11 opinions

PROM DAVIDSON. Appeal from the Circuit Court to the Court of Civil Appeals and by certiorari to the Court of Civil Appeals from the Supreme Court — A. G.' Euthekeord, Judge.

1Opinion of the CourtJustice Fancher

These two cases were instituted in the circuit court of Davidson county. The Greene case is a petition for writ of habeas corpus, whereby Walter M. Greene, a convict of the penitentiary, seeks to obtain his discharge *318from the penitentiary on the ground that he had served his minimum term under the indeterminate sentence law (chapter 8, Acts of 1913).

He was convicted at the May term of the criminal court of Davidson county of petit larceny, and was sentenced to serve an indeterminate sentence of from one to five years in the State penitentiary for said crime. TTe was received at the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Wilson v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1910
  2. Board of Prison Commissioners v. De MossCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1914
  3. Smith v. Dayton Coal & Iron Co.Tennessee Supreme Court · 1905
  4. Board of Prison Comissioners v. SmithCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1913

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Kaylor v. BradleyCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
  2. Pruitt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
  3. Doyle v. HamptonTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
  4. Graham v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1957
  5. State Ex Rel. Ivey v. MeadowsTennessee Supreme Court · 1965

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