Legal Opinion
Fritts v. Thompson
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided April 21, 1976No. Civ. No. 3-75-90PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
ROBERT L. TAYLOR, District Judge.
Petitioners seek habeas corpus relief pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. They were convicted of larceny by the Criminal Court of Roane County, Tennessee, on November 14, 1974 and their convictions were affirmed by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals on November 19, 1975. Certiorari was denied by the Tennessee Supreme Court on March 8, 1976.
The thrust of their complaint in this action is that their convictions were based on certain evidence and related testimony obtained in an illegal search of an automobile owned and operated by petitioner, Lee R.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Johnson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Mancusi v. DeForteSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Dennis Wills v. Charles Egeler, Warden of State Prison of Southern MichiganCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- John Combs v. State of TennesseeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- Athel Robert Gemmel v. Raymond J. Buchkoe, Warden, State House of Correction and Branch PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Tucker v. County of JeffersonDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 2000