Legal Opinion
Rigby v. Russell
District Court, E.D. Tennessee
Decided June 26, 1968No. Civ. A. No. 5215PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
FRANK W. WILSON, District Judge.
In this habeas corpus proceeding the petitioner, John Benny Rigby, seeks to test the legality of his confinement by the State of Tennessee under consecutive sentences imposed in two criminal cases. From the pleadings and the record in this ease it appears that the following matters form the undisputed background to this litigation:
Upon October 30, 1962, an indictment was returned in the Criminal Court for Hamilton County, Tennessee, charging the petitioner, John Benny Rigby, and a co-defendant, one Paul Nelson Fisher, with having committed an armed…
2Cases cited20 opinions
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- Peyton v. RoweSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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- Hawk v. OlsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Anglin v. MitchellTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
- Moore v. FrazierDistrict Court, D. Nebraska · 1970
- Hansen v. MathewsDistrict Court, E.D. Wisconsin · 1969
- State Ex Rel. Anglin v. MitchellTennessee Supreme Court · 1979