Legal Opinion

Little v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided May 21, 1971PublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

The question in this appeal is whether or not the trial judge erred in granting the respondent’s motion to strike this petition for postconviction relief and dismissing it without an evidentiary hearing. We hold that he did not err.

The petitioner attacks his conviction on September 29, 1969, and sentence to 15 years’ imprisonment on his plea of guilty to robbery with a deadly weapon. He was represented by retained counsel. The files and records of the trial court show that he petitioned the court for a waiver of trial by jury and requested acceptance of his plea…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Shepard v. HendersonCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
  2. State Ex Rel. Richmond v. HendersonTennessee Supreme Court · 1969

3Cited by9 opinions

  1. State v. TurnerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
  2. Parton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1972
  3. Garrett v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975
  4. Patterson v. HuntCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1984
  5. Crum v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1975

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