Legal Opinion
Carl Kimbro v. Henry Heer, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided August 5, 1966No. 16652_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARRY PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.
This is the second habeas corpus case which petitioner has appealed to this court. On the former appeal we affirmed the judgment of the district court denying the writ. Kimbro v. Bomar, 333 F. 2d 755 (C.A.6).
Petitioner was convicted in the Criminal Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, for murder in the first degree and his punishment was fixed by t.he jury at death by electrocution. The conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court of Tennessee in an unreported opinion. Thereafter the Governor of Tennessee commuted the death sentence to a term of ninety-nine years…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by13 opinions
- State ex rel. Carlson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
- James Milton Waddy and James Barrow Ransom v. Henry Heer, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1967
- State Ex Rel. Leighton v. HendersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
- United States v. James Delmar DeatonCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1966
- Martin v. HendersonDistrict Court, E.D. Tennessee · 1967
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