Claude Garrett v. State

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs June 21, 2000 CLAUDE FRANCIS GARRETT v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Davidson County No. 92-B-961 Seth Norman, Judge ______________ No. M1999-00786-CCA-R3-PC - Filed March 22, 2001 The defendant, after being convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, was denied post-conviction relief by the Criminal Court of Davidson County. Defendant now appeals that denial and asserts that (1) the State withheld exculpatory evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland,…