Legal Opinion

Burnett v. State

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided December 30, 2002No. W2000-01954-SC-R11-PCPublishedCited by 147 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J.,

delivered the opinion of the court, in which

FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., E. RILEY ANDERSON, JANICE M. HOLDER, and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

OPINION

Terrance Burnett, appellant, pleaded guilty to two counts of felony murder, two counts of attempted first degree murder, and one count of especially aggravated burglary. He received sentences of life without the possibility of parole, twenty years, and eight years, respectively. One year later, Burnett filed a petition for post-conviction relief alleging several constitutional violations that he claimed entitled him…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Fields v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Swanson v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1988
  4. Gable v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1992

3Cited by147 opinions

  1. State of Tennessee v. James D. WoodenTennessee Supreme Court · 2015
  2. Howell v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2004
  3. Arnold v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2004
  4. Welch v. Board of Professional Responsibility for the Supreme Court of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2006
  5. Gabriel C. Torres v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2017

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