Davis v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAMUEL L. LEWIS, Special Justice.
This is an appeal by the defendani/appel-lant Russell L. Davis from the denial of his Petition for Post-Conviction Relief. Appellant is presently serving sentences of confinement for life, twenty years and fifteen years for convictions of aggravated kidnapping, rape and robbery, and ten years for voluntary manslaughter.
The appellant’s convictions grew out of two separate episodes. The episodes that form the basis of the conviction of aggravated kidnapping, rape and robbery are referred to as the “rape” case. The second episode, which resulted in a…
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