Heck Van Tran v. State of Tennessee - Concurring/Dissenting

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON April 4, 2001 Session HECK VAN TRAN v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal by Permission from the Court of Criminal Appeals Criminal Court for Shelby County No. P-14409 Hon. John P. Colton, Judge No. W2000-00739-SC-R11-PD - Filed December 4, 2001 WILLIAM M. BARKER, J., with whom JANICE M. HOLDER, J., joins, concurring in part, dissenting in part. With its decision today, a majority of this Court has effectively permitted a defendant, who was sentenced to death in 1989 for the brutal execution of a 74-year-old grandmother, an opportunity to escape the…