STATE EX REL. SMITH v. HENDERSON


447 S.W.2d 880 (1969)

STATE of Tennessee ex rel. Victor SMITH and Thomas Coleman, Petitioners, v. C. Murray HENDERSON, Warden, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied December 1, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh W. Stanton, Jr., Memphis, for petitioners.

George F. McCanless, Atty. Gen., Robert H. Roberts, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Billy F. Gray, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Memphis, for respondent.


Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court December 1, 1969.

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

In their habeas corpus petition, Victor Smith and Thomas Coleman say that their 1959 convictions for rape and sentences to 25 years' imprisonment were void because they were arrested without a warrant, they were not represented by counsel at interrogation and were threatened by officers, they were not represented by counsel at the preliminary hearing, they were...

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