Norton v. Everhart

OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The State of Tennessee appeals from the Court of Appeals’ reversal of the trial court’s dismissal of Richard Norton’s petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which alleged that the Board of Paroles had illegally revoked his parole. This case presents the following procedural issues for our determination: (1) whether the Court of Criminal Appeals was correct in holding that the trial court had the inherent authority and duty to convert petitioner’s request for relief from its incorrect form, that of habeas corpus, to the correct form of certiorari and thereafter transfer…