Legal Opinion
Monts v. Henderson
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided December 22, 1967No. Civ. A. No. 4426PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
FRANK GRAY, Jr., District Judge.
In this habeas corpus action petitioner attacks the validity of his conviction of the crime of murder, the conviction being obtained in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee. He is presently being held by respondent pursuant to the sentence of 150 years received by him. The ground asserted for relief is that a confession obtained from him was inadmissible because it was obtained in violation of his constitutional rights.
Petitioner was originally convicted of this offense and sentenced to *855death but this conviction was reversed by the Supreme Court…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Monts v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
- Monts v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Henry Clay Monts v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1969