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JUDGE
MAN ON CAMERA
The judge who heard the James Earl Ray case in Memphi
died today of an apparent heart attack. 60 year old
Judge W. Preston Battle was found slumped over a
desk in his chambers. It was Battle who accepted
Ray's plea of guilty to the murder of Doctor Martin
Luther King. Ray now wants to change his plea and
under Tennessee law, it was Battle who could grant
XM.1( a review of the case.U
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Judge], script, March 31, 1969, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1080342/m1/1/?q=+date%3A1945-1972: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.