Legal Opinion
Parton v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided March 29, 1972PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALKER, Presiding Judge.
The trial judge dismissed Gene Douglas Parton’s petition for postconviction relief without an evidentiary hearing. Parton attacks his conviction for burglary and sentence to five years to ten years and one day in the penitentiary, alleging:(1) The indictment was improperly returned in that an assistant attorney general improperly influenced the grand jury.(2) He was convicted on perjured testimony.(3) He can prove an alibi.
On appeal of his conviction, this court affirmed. Parton v. State, Tenn.Cr.App., 455 S.W.2d 645 (1970).
The trial judge dismissed the petition…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Sibron v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Carafas v. LaValleeSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
- State Ex Rel. Brown v. NewellTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
- Parton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
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3Cited by17 opinions
- Black v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- Passarella v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
- State v. McClintockTennessee Supreme Court · 1987
- Norma Faye Pyles Lynch Family Purpose LLC v. Putnam CountyTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
- Workman v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1993
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