State Ex Rel. Dickens v. Bomar

The plaintiffs in error filed their petition for the writ of habeas corpus against the defendant Bomar, as the Warden of the State Penitentiary. He filed an answer and, of course, the petition and answer appear in the technical record now before us.

After the hearing the trial judge held that the complaints of the petitioners were without merit and dismissed the petition.

From the record it appears that the petitioners were convicted of the crime of armed robbery in the Circuit Court of Hickman. County, Tennessee, on March 14, 1963 and sentenced to serve twenty years each in the State…