Carvin v. State

OPINION

MITCHELL, Judge.

Edwin Carvin, petitioner below, indigent and represented on this appeal by appointed counsel, has appealed from the dismissal without evidentiary hearing, of his habeas corpus petition in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Honorable Arthur C. Faquin, Jr., Judge presiding.

On January 25, 1965, Edwin Carvin was indicted in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, on five charges of robbery by the use of a deadly weapon, to wit; a pistol.

On June 7, 1965, petitioner represented by privately employed counsel, executed a written petition requesting the Court to accept…