Ernest Alfred Hayes v. Lake F. Russell, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary

In appealing from an order of the District Court denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, appellant raises two questions, namely: 1) Was appellant denied effective assistance of counsel in the state court where he was convicted of manslaughter; and 2) Did the trial judge in the state court violate the Fourteenth Amendment to the Federal Constitution when he granted to appellant’s counsel an extension of ninety days in which to appeal and file a Bill of Exceptions, which extension of time was unauthorized under state law?

The complaint against appellant’s privately retained counsel is…