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Pervis Tyrone Payne v. State of Tennessee

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided April 7, 2016No. W2013-01248-SC-R11-PDPublishedCited by 50 opinions

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2Opinion of the Court · BivinsJeffrey S. Bivins, J.

Clark and Holly Kirby, JJ., joined.

We granted permission to appeal in this case to determine whether a capital defendant, via a petition for writ of error coram nobis, may obtain a hearing to determine whether he is ineligible to .be executed because he is intellectually disabled. The Petitioner, Pervis Tyrone. Payne, was convicted in 1988 of two first degree murders, and the jury imposed the death sentence for each murder. In 2001, this Court held that the-federal .and state constitutions prohibit the execution of individuals who are intellectually disabled. Van Tran v. State, 66…

3Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Atkins v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 2002
  2. Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  3. United States v. MorganSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  4. State v. MixonTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
  5. Hall v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 2014

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4Cited by50 opinions

  1. Tommy Nunley v. State of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2018
  2. Andrew Hayes v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2025
  3. Bobby V. Summers v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2025
  4. Brian C. Lautenschlager v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2024
  5. Bryiant C. Overton v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2026

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