Legal Opinion
Stokes v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided September 23, 2004No. E2002-02597-SC-R11-PCPublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
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2Opinion of the Court · BarkerWilliam M. Barker, J.
in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and JANICE M. HOLDER, JJ., joined.
After pleading guilty to two counts of murder, petitioner filed a petition for post-conviction relief attacking his sentences. Relief was denied by both the trial court and by the Court of Criminal Appeals. Thereafter, counsel for the petitioner neither withdrew nor filed an application for permission to appeal in this Court. Petitioner filed multiple other pleadings, including a second petition for post-conviction relief seeking a delayed appeal to this Court from the…
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