Wesley Carr, Jr. v. C. Murray Henderson, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary

PHILLIPS, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the order of the District Court denying appellant’s second petition for federal habeas corpus.

Appellant was arrested in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1962, on a charge of car theft. Subsequent investigation by the authorities, while appellant was still in custody, led to three charges of armed robbery and two charges of rape. Appellant confessed to all these crimes, and at his trial while represented by court-appointed counsel entered pleas of guilty to all charges. On recommendation of the District Attorney General he was sentenced to sixty years on…