Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Bomar
District Court, M.D. Tennessee
Decided January 7, 1964No. Civ. A. No. 3600PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILLIAM E. MILLER, Chief Judge.
Petitioner initiated these proceedings by mailing to this Court a letter which was filed as a petition for writ of habeas corpus in forma pauperis. The attorney appointed to represent the petitioner has filed an amended petition on behalf of the petitioner, stating that petitioner was convicted in the Criminal Court of Davidson County, Tennessee, in November 1961, on several counts of burglary and sentenced to a total of twelve years. The amended petition presents only one substantial ground for relief 1 — that petitioner was deprived of due process of law by…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Fay v. NoiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Brown v. AllenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Darr v. BurfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Irvin v. DowdSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Wooten v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1958
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Kenneth B. Simmons v. Lynn Bomar, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
- Simmons v. BomarDistrict Court, M.D. Tennessee · 1964