Legal Opinion
Holiday v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided July 10, 1973PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Judge.
This defendant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in March, 1968. The judgment was appealed and the conviction affirmed by this court on July 9th, 1969. Certiorari was denied by the Supreme Court on February 16th, 1970. (John Henry Gant and Frank Edward Holiday v. State, Tenn.Cr.App., 466 S.W.2d 518.)
A post-conviction petition was filed on April 4th, 1972, alleging a denial of petitioner’s constitutional rights in that the grand jury was illegally selected from a panel which systematically excluded ne-groes. A demurrer was filed on…
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- State Ex Rel. Lawrence v. HendersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1968
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Woodson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1978