Victor James Cazes v. State

OPINION

BIRCH, Justice.

We granted Victor James Cazes’s application for permission to appeal, pursuant to Tenn. R.App. P. 11, 1 to determine whether the dismissal with prejudice of a post-conviction petition bars consideration of a subsequent one. We conclude that the dismissal with prejudice compels dismissal of a later petition that is predicated on grounds in existence prior to the dismissal of the former petition.

The appellant was convicted of aggravated rape, assault with intent to commit first-degree murder, and second-degree burglary. The Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the…