John Williams v. State of Tennessee

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs April 9, 2013 JOHN WILLIAMS V. STATE OF TENNESSEE Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 01-08325 John Fowlkes, Judge No. W2012-00746-CCA-R3-PC - Filed May 16, 2013 The petitioner, John Williams, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. The petitioner is currently serving an effective sentence of 161 years following his convictions for five counts of especially aggravated kidnapping and three counts of aggravated robbery. In this appeal, he contends that his petition for…