Henry Clay Monts v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, Respondent

This is an appeal by Henry Clay Monts, petitioner-appellant, from an order of the United States District Court for the Mid-. die District of Tennessee denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Monts was convicted with Johnnie West on a charge of first degree murder in the perpetration of a burglary for the killing of police officer, Frank Bruno. The history of the case is stated in our opinion in West v. Henderson, Warden, 6 Cir., 409 F.2d 95, decided today.

The appellant makes two assignments of error: (1) His confession should not have been admitted into evidence because the police…