Tarrence v. Buchanan

BROOKS, District Judge.

This is an application for a writ of habeas corpus under the provisions of Section 2241, Title 28 United States Code Annotated.

The petitioner, Roy Tarrence, was found guilty by a Kentucky jury of the murder of Francis J. McCormick, given a death sentence, and is now awaiting execution set for January 14, 1955. He is the father of Leonard Tarrence who pled guilty to the same crime and whose petition for a writ of habeas corpus was this day denied in this Court in 126 F.Supp. 752.

The hearings on the two petitions were joint. This petitioner advanced three grounds upon…