Frazier v. Whisman

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE June 1998 Session DEWEY SCOTT FRAZIER v. CANDACE WHISMAN Appeal from the Chancery Court for Davidson County No. 97-483-II Carol L. McCoy, Chancellor No. M1997-00225-COA-R3-CV - Filed July 19, 2000 This appeal arises from the efforts of an inmate of the Tennessee Department of Correction to have his sentence recalculated. The prisoner initially wrote to an employee of the department requesting the recalculation. Ten months after receiving the department’s letter denying his request, the prisoner filed a petition for a declaratory judgment in…