Jessie Dotson v. State of Tennessee

07/07/2023 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON April 5, 2023 Session JESSIE DOTSON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal by Permission from the Court of Criminal Appeals Criminal Court for Shelby County No. 08-07688 James C. Beasley, Jr., Special Judge ___________________________________ No. W2019-01059-SC-R11-PD ___________________________________ This appeal involves a capital post-conviction petitioner’s expert funding requests under Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 13. A jury convicted the Petitioner, Jessie Dotson, of six counts of premeditated first-degree murder and sentenced him to death.…