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BLANTON v. U.S.

No. 3:91-0991.

896 F.Supp. 1451 (1995)

Leonard Ray BLANTON, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES of America, Respondent.

United States District Court, M.D. Tennessee, Nashville Division.

August 15, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Roberts, Memphis, TN, Russell C. Winston, Memphis, TN, Hallie A. Plitman, Dann & Associates, Memphis, TN, for plaintiff Blanton.

Robert C. Watson, Rosemary A. Hart, Office of the United States Attorney, Nashville, TN, for U.S.

Michael William Catalano, Office of the Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for movants Tennessee Bd. of Professional Responsibility, Tennessee Bd. of Law Examiners.

Alfred H. Knight, Willis & Knight, Nashville, TN, for intervenor Combined Communication Corp.

Memorandum Opinion

BAILEY BROWN, Senior Circuit Judge, sitting by designation.

The petitioner, former governor of Tennessee Leonard Ray Blanton, has brought a petition for a writ of error coram nobis asking this court to vacate his 1981 conspiracy and Hobbs Act convictions. He contends that his Sixth Amendment rights were violated because, among other things, his lead attorney was never licensed to practice law. For the reasons that follow, we dismiss...

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