Billy Joe Carter v. State of Tennessee

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE November 27, 2012 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE V. BILLY JOE CARTER Direct Appeal from the Circuit Court for Cocke County No. 1072 Ben W. Hooper, II, Judge No. E2012-00279-CCA-R3-PC - Filed February 20, 2013 A Cocke County jury convicted the Petitioner, Billy Joe Carter, of first degree murder, first degree felony murder, and especially aggravated robbery. The jury sentenced him to life in the Department of Correction without the possibility of parole for the two first degree murder convictions, and the trial court sentenced him to 40…