Legal Opinion

State ex rel. Lingerfelt v. Gardner

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided April 5, 1979PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

From the denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus contesting his extradition from Tennessee to the State of West Virginia after a hearing the petitioner appeals with assignments of error, which are these: (1) the trial court erred in denying his motion to dismiss the rendition warrant as issued by the governor of Tennessee; (2) the evidence did not support the trial court’s dismissal of the petition; (3) the court erred in refusing to allow a witness to testify for petitioner who had violated the rule of sequestration.

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2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Chico v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
  2. McCravey v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
  3. Leonard Robinson and Isaac Bailey v. State of Tennessee and Weldon Cox, Warden, Tennessee State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
  4. McLaughlin v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1974
  5. Huey v. KingTennessee Supreme Court · 1967

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3Cited by4 opinions

  1. In re Complaint in Habeas Corpus of RoweOhio Supreme Court · 1981
  2. Beckwith v. EvattCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1991
  3. State v. UpchurchCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1980
  4. State v. WhittCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988

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