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HANDLEY v. PITTS

No. CIV-1-78-91.

491 F.Supp. 597 (1978)

Thornton Lee HANDLEY v. Jerry PITTS, Sheriff, Hamilton County, Tennessee.

United States District Court, E. D. Tennessee, S. D.

August 22, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerry H. Summers, Chattanooga, Tenn., for petitioner.

Henry E. Hildebrand, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Tenn., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

FRANK W. WILSON, Chief Judge.

This is a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The petitioner seeks to have his conviction and sentence set aside in the criminal case of State of Tennessee v. Thornton Lee Handley, Docket No. 133,059 in the Criminal Court for Hamilton County. The petitioner was convicted by a jury upon the charge of first degree murder and received a sentence of one hundred years...

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