HORACE COMAGE, PETITIONER-APPELLANT,
v.
WILLIAM S. NEIL, WARDEN, TENNESSEE STATE PENITENTIARY, RESPONDENT-APPELLEE

6th Cir. | 1971-03-24
No. 20582
438 F.2d 530 United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (1971)

Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM.

PER CURIAM.

Appellant protests denial of his petition for writ of habeas corpus by the United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee. The record discloses that the District Judge did not conduct an evidentiary hearing upon appellant’s contentions that his plea of guilty was involuntary, that his counsel was ineffective, and that he had been sentenced by a jury after his plea of guilty on a summary of evidence stated to the jury by the District Attorney.

As to the first two of these issues, we affirm for the reasons set forth in the order of the District Court dismissing petition for writ of habeas corpus after the District Judge had reviewed the entire transcript of the proceedings in a state habeas corpus case in which the same issues had been presented and decided adversely to appellant. As to the third issue, this court recently said:

“This procedure has recently been held by the Tennessee State Supreme Court not to be violative of T.C.A. § 40-2310. State ex rel. Edmondson v. Henderson, 220 Tenn. 605, 421 S.W. 2d 635 (1967). Where, as here, this procedure followed an agreement between accused and his ' counsel and the District Attorney as to the sentence to be imposed, we agree with the District Judge that no federal constitutional issue is presented thereby.” Gray v. Henderson, 403 F. 2d 59 (6th Cir. 1968), cert. denied, 394 U.S. 948, 89 S.Ct. 1284, 22 L.Ed.2d 481 (1969).

The judgment of the District Court is affirmed.


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