Legal Opinion
Mullins v. Davis
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided March 19, 1980No. CIV-2-80-43PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION, ORDER AND CERTIFICATE
NEESE, District Judge.
The petitioner Mr. James Mullins, Jr., a person in the custody of the respondent-warden pursuant to the judgment of November 10, 1977 of the Criminal Court of Hamblen County, Tennessee, applied in pro-pria persona to this Court for the federal writ of habeas corpus. This Court grants such applications by a state prisoner “ * * * only on the ground that [the applicant] is in custody in violation of the Constitution or laws of treaties of the United States.” 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a); Fairbanks v. Cowan, C.A. 6th (1977), 551 F.2d 97,…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Coleman v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Spencer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Graham v. West VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- McKeldin v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by3 opinions
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