OPINION and JUDGMENT
DALTON, Chief Judge.
This case comes before the court upon a petition for a writ of habeas corpus, filed in forma pauperis by a State prisoner pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2254.
The facts of petitioner's case may be stated briefly. On April 25, 1959, petitioner's aunt and uncle were murdered in Lee County, Virginia. Petitioner and his two brothers were arrested in Claiborne County, Tennessee, the following...
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