Legal Opinion
Willie Lee Henderson v. Lewis S. Tollett, Warden, Brushy Mountain State Farm
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 20, 1972No. 71-1451PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CELEBREZZE, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee, granting a petition for habeas corpus.
On January 22, 1948 a Nashville, Tenn. liquor store employee was shot and seriously wounded in an abortive hold-up attempt. Police arrested Petitioner, Willie Lee Henderson, a Negro and two other men, in connection with the crime. The three were charged with robbery and attempted murder. When the hold-up victim died several weeks later, first degree murder indictments were handed up against all three men by the Davidson…
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3Cited by10 opinions
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