Legal Opinion
Van Tran v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided December 4, 2001No. W2000-00739-SC-R11-PDPublishedCited by 95 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · AndersonE. Riley Anderson, J.
FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., join.
We granted this appeal to determine whether the trial court and the Court of Criminal Appeals erred by denying the petitioner’s motion to reopen his post-conviction petition. In his motion, the petitioner asserted that new evidence establishes that he is mentally retarded and, therefore, ineligible for the death penalty under TenmCdde Ann. § 39-13-203, which prohibits the execution of the mentally retarded. The petitioner also argued on appeal that the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution and article I, § 16 of…
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