Legal Opinion
Britt v. Tollett
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided June 17, 1971No. Civ. A. No. 2632PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
*569MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NEESE, District Judge.
This is a pro se application for the federal writ of habeas corpus by Mr. Paul Britt, who is in the custody of the respondent, or his successor, pursuant to the judgment of the Criminal Court of Sullivan County, Tennessee, on the ground that he is in custody in violation of the Constitution, Fifth Amendment, proscribing the deprivation of his liberty without due process of law. 28 U.S. C. § 2254(a). The specific complaint of Mr. Britt is that, in the imposition of sentences for the same offenses after his reconviction on a retrial, following…
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