Holt v. Thompson

MEMORANDUM OPINION, ORDER AND CERTIFICATE

NEESE, District Judge.

This is a pro se application for the federal writ of habeas corpus by the petitioner Mr. Holt, Jr. who is in the custody of the respondent pursuant to the judgment of July 1, 1971 of the Criminal Court of Greene County, Tennessee. Mr. Holt claims, inter alia, that he is in such custody in violation of the Constitution, Sixth Amendment, in that he was denied his federal right to the assistance of counsel during his preliminary hearing therein. 28 U.S.C. § 2254(a). The applicant exhausted the remedies available in the courts of…