Legal Opinion
Carl Kimbro v. Lynn Bomar, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1964No. 15370PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by Carl Kimbro from an order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, denying his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Kimbro is imprisoned in the Tennessee State Penitentiary, having been convicted in the Shelby County, Tennessee, Criminal Court of murder in the first degree while in the perpetration of a robbery. The jury which convicted him fixed the punishment at death by electrocution. His conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Tennessee in an unreported opinion handed down July 26,…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Leroy Henderson v. H. J. Cardwell, Warden Ohio PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1970
- Application of Melvin F. Kiser for a Writ of Habeas Corpus. Melvin F. KiserCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1969
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