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CHANDLER v. FRETAG

No. 39.

348 U.S. 3 (1954)

75 S.Ct. 1

99 L.Ed. 4

CHANDLER v. WARDEN FRETAG.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 8, 1954.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Earl E. Leming argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Jas. P. Brown and Carl A. Cowan.

Knox Bigham, Assistant Attorney General of Tennessee, argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief were Roy H. Beeler, Attorney General, and Nat Tipton, Assistant Attorney General.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WARREN delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner is held in the custody of respondent, Warden of the Tennessee State Penitentiary, under a sentence of life imprisonment as an habitual criminal. Challenging the validity of that sentence under the Fourteenth Amendment, he commenced this action in the Tennessee courts to obtain his freedom. We granted certiorari, 347 U.S. 933, because of the substantial question presented by his constitutional...

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