Legal Opinion
Willie Bates v. James E. Meadows, Acting Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 28, 1966No. 16234PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CUR3AM.
Petitioner-appellant, Willie Bates, is a state prisoner serving a life sentence for rape. He has previously been convicted on a guilty plea and has served a sentence for a similar offense. This appeal is taken from an order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, Nashville Division, which denied, after a hearing, an application for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner complains that his guilty plea entered in the state court was not voluntarily and understandingly made and, in fact, claims that he never entered a guilty plea and that no one was…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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- Moore v. MichiganSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Williams v. KaiserSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Richard A. Sandoval v. Harry C. Tinsley, Warden, Colorado State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1964
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Mickey E. Vanater v. Otto C. Boles, Warden of the West Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- Graves v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1973
- State Ex Rel. Lawrence v. HendersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1968
- Myers v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
- Ex Parte MorganCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1967
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