Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Russell
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided January 21, 1971PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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DWYER, Judge.
After an evidentiary hearing Elliott Johnson appeals the trial court’s judgment in dismissing his petition for post conviction relief.
Johnson is presently incarcerated in the penitentiary serving a fifty-year term for committing the offense of rape.
The record reflects motions and petitions as amended filed by Johnson attacking his judgment of conviction. We see no purpose in a detailed outlining of the various filing dates of the petitions and motions in order to properly evaluate, the contentions as made upon which the trial court pronounced judgment in dismissing his…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- State v. MeadowsTennessee Supreme Court · 1965
- Harris v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1960
- State ex rel. Fralix v. BomarTennessee Supreme Court · 1964
3Cited by1 opinion
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