Legal Opinion
Haggard v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided October 14, 1971PublishedCited by 107 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWalker, P.J.
The trial judge dismissed this petition for postconviction relief without an evidentiary hearing and William H. Haggard, the petitioner, appeals.
In 1954 Haggard and a codefendant, William Ledger, were convicted of burglary. Haggard was also charged and sentenced under the Habitual Criminal Act. Both appealed and their convictions were affirmed by our Supreme Court in Ledger v. State, 199 Tenn. 155, 285 S.W.2d 130 (1955).
Haggard has previously attacked his conviction by proceedings in the federal courts as well as in the state courts. In Haggard v. State (certiorari denied April 4, 1970), we…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Nelson v. O'NEILSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- State ex rel. Newsom v. HendersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1968
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- Pinto v. PierceSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by107 opinions
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- Adrian Wilkerson v. Michael A. Parris, WardenCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2019
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