State ex rel. Ingram v. Henderson

This is an appeal in error from a denial of a petition for writ of habeas corpus by the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the lower court; that is, plaintiff in error Sam Ingram as petitioner, and defendant in error as the State.

On March 28, 1966, the petitioner was convicted, on a plea of guilty, in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, of unlawful carnal knowledge of a female under twelve years of age, and assault and battery with intent to rape. *678He was sentenced to twenty-five years in the State Penitentiary.

On January 29, 1967,…