Carter v. State

RUSSELL, Judge.

OPINION

Appellant, William R. Carter, appeals from the dismissal of his petition for the writ of habeas corpus, filed in Davidson County where he is incarcerated in the penitentiary under sentences pronounced in the Criminal Court of Shelby County. While technically no evidentiary hearing was held upon the petition, a hearing was held in which Carter’s counsel elaborated upon the facts alleged in the petition and petitioner’s theory of the facts was accepted as true and found by the learned trial judge to constitute an insufficient basis for relief. We concur and affirm the…