State Ex Rel. Grandstaff v. Gore

delivered the. opinion of the Court.

This appeal is from a judgment of the Criminal Judge of Davidson County dismissing a writ of habeas corpus by which the relator Grandstaff seeks to secure his release from the State Penitentiary.

In 1940, Grandstaff was convicted in Shelby County of housebreaking and larceny, of which he had been charged in the indictment. The jury, in addition to finding him guilty of the offense charged, also found that he was an habitual criminal. Thereupon, he was duly sentenced to life imprisononment, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 22, Public Acts of 1939.

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