Legal Opinion
Taylor v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided February 6, 1991PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIRCH, Judge.
James E. Taylor currently serves a sentence of life imprisonment based upon a jury finding of habitual criminality. These proceedings occurred in January 1985; the conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. 1
In January 1987, Taylor filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief in which he alleged, among other things, 2 that the pleas of guilty which provided the basis for the findings of habitual criminality had not been entered intelligently and voluntarily and were, therefore, void.
The trial court appointed counsel to represent Taylor, and four…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Duncan v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by55 opinions
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- Alfred Eugene Bradley v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2010
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