Ray v. State

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE JERRY RAY, Executor of the Estate of James Earl Ray v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Direct Appeal from the Probate Court for Davidson County No. 98P912 Frank G. Clement, Jr., Probate Judge No. M1999-00237-COA-R3-CV - Decided April 18, 2000 This appeal arises from a dispute over property in the custody of the Criminal Court Clerk of Shelby County. In 1969, the Decedent, James Earl Ray, was convicted of the murder of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., after the Decedent pled guilty to this charge in the Criminal Court of Shelby County. In the years following…