Legal Opinion
State v. Russell
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided November 6, 1991PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PEAY, Judge.
The petitioner was convicted on five counts of forgery and subsequently found to be a habitual criminal, for which she received a life sentence. In determining her to be a habitual criminal, the jury considered evidence of her prior twenty-four convictions.
On June 30,1989, the petitioner filed three petitions for post-conviction relief challenging the guilty pleas entered on September 12, 1977, March 14, 1978, and March 3, 1983. She also filed a fourth post-conviction petition on the same date challenging the habitual criminal judgment. These petitions were consolidated,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Baxter v. RoseTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- Sanders v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Trop v. DullesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by5 opinions
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