Dexter L. Williams v. State

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE January 3, 2001 Session DEXTER L. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal by Permission from the Court of Criminal Appeals Criminal Court for Blount County No. C-9849 D. Kelly Thomas, Jr., Judge No. E1999-00871-SC-R11-PC - Filed March 29, 2001 FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, J., with whom JANICE M. HOLDER, J., joins, dissenting. I respectfully dissent from the majority decision. Because the petition for post-conviction relief is clearly time-barred by the one-year statute of limitations, I would reverse the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals and…