Legal Opinion

James C. Dillard v. Lynn Bomar, Warden, Tennessee State Penitentiary

Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Decided March 24, 1965No. 15922_1PublishedCited by 73 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHACKELFORD MILLER, Jr., Circuit Judge.

Petitioner-appellant, James C. Dillard, was arrested by the Knoxville, Tennessee, police on March 22 and 24, 1960, for the crime of burglary under three state warrants issued out of the Court of General Sessions of Knox County, Tennessee. The grand jury was in session at the time.

Section 40-402, Tennessee Code, Annotated, provides for the elimination of a preliminary hearing when the grand jury for the county where the offense is charged to have been committed is in session. If the offense charged is bailable, the justice of the peace before whom the…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  4. White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Goldsby v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1895

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3Cited by73 opinions

  1. M. A. P. v. RyanDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1971
  2. United States v. William N. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
  3. State ex rel. Carlson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1966
  4. Hunter v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1969
  5. State v. StallingsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1966

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