Legal Opinion
Adkins v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided August 25, 1995PublishedCited by 832 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WADE, Judge.
The petitioner, Carl Wayne Adkins, appeals a judgment denying his petition for post-conviction relief. The state appeals from that portion of the judgment setting aside the death sentence and granting a new sentencing hearing.
Procedural Background
On May 22, 1979, the petitioner was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death by electrocution. On direct appeal, the Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed the petitioner’s conviction but reversed the death sentence and remanded the case for a new sentencing hearing. State v. Adkins, 653 S.W.2d 708 (Tenn.1983).
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