Legal Opinion
John Combs v. State of Tennessee
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 26, 1976No. 75--1045PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
John Combs was found guilty by a jury of raping his eleven year old daughter, and sentenced to imprisonment of fifteen years and one day. The District Court concluded that Combs has been deprived of his liberty in violation of his right to due process of law under the fourteenth amendment and directed that the writ of habeas corpus issue unless he is retried within a reasonable time. The State of Tennessee appeals.
We reverse on the ground that the petition for writ of habeas corpus, when construed most liberally in favor of petitioner, does not present a case of…
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