Gary Leon Cureton v. State of Tennessee

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE Assigned on Briefs April 24, 2001 Session GARY LEON CURETON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Post Conviction Appeal from the Criminal Court for Greene County No. 00-CR-057 James E. Beckner, Judge No. E2000-01638-CCA-R3-PC June 19, 2001 On May 21, 1999, Gary Leon Cureton, the Petitioner and Appellant, pled guilty in the Greene County Criminal Court to two counts of rape and two counts of sexual battery and waived his right to appeal. Following the guilty plea, the trial court sentenced the Petitioner to serve seventeen years incarceration. On May…