Barton L. Hawkins v. State of Tennessee

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs October 2, 2001 BARTON L. HAWKINS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. P-22204 W. Otis Higgs, Jr., Judge No. W2001-00738-CCA-R3-PC - Filed January 18, 2002 A Shelby County jury convicted the Petitioner of rape, and the trial court sentenced him as a Range I violent offender to eight years and one day in the Tennessee Department of Correction. The Petitioner subsequently filed a petition for post-conviction relief. The trial court conducted a post- conviction hearing and…