Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided March 29, 2001No. E1999-00871-SC-R11-PCPublishedCited by 259 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · BarkerBarker, J.
ANDERSON, C.J., and BIRCH, J., joined.
The appellee in this case was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. After the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction, the appellee averred that his trial counsel failed to notify him of counsel’s withdrawal from the case, or to explain to him his rights for filing a pro se petition to this Court. Although a Rule 11 petition was eventually filed, it was dismissed as time-barred. Appellee then filed a post-conviction petition for relief, which the trial court dismissed without a full evidentiary hearing…
3Cases cited20 opinions
- Goad v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1996
- Burford v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1992
- John Paul Seals v. State of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
- House v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
- State v. NixTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
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4Cited by259 opinions
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