Legal Opinion

Harris v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided February 28, 1996PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

HAYES, Judge.

The appellant, Edward Leroy Harris, alias “Tattoo Eddie,” seeks post-conviction relief from his convictions of one count of armed robbery and two counts of premeditated first degree murder, entered by the Circuit Court of Sevier County in May, 1988, and the consequent imposition of one sentence of life imprisonment and two sentences of death by electrocution. The convictions and sentences were affirmed on appeal by the Tennessee Supreme Court. State v. Harris, 889 S.W.2d 54 (Tenn.1992), cert. denied, 507 U.S. 954, 113 S.Ct. 1368,122 L.Ed.2d 746 (1993).

On August 10, 1993,…

2Cases cited51 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Baxter v. RoseTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Burger v. KempSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  4. Hellard v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1982
  5. State v. CazesTennessee Supreme Court · 1994

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. Alley v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
  2. State v. GomezTennessee Supreme Court · 2005
  3. State v. HowardTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
  4. Miller v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Calvin Eugene BRYANT v. STATE of TennesseeTennessee Supreme Court · 2015

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