State ex rel. Fralix v. Bomar

Me. Chibe Justice Buehett

delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, Kerns Hugh Fralix, was convicted of attempting to commit a felony in 1961. He was sentenced to serve from one (1) to five (5) years in the State penitentiary. A short time later, while on probation, he became drunk and disorderly, suffered a revocation of probation and was again confined in the State penitentiary in Nashville.

This case is before us, on an appeal by petitioner, Fralix, from the Davidson County Criminal Court where his petition for a writ of habeas corpus was denied.

Simply stated, the petitioner’s…