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Quantel Taylor v. State of Tennessee

Tennessee Supreme Court

Decided August 21, 2014No. W2012-00760-SC-R11-PCPublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court 1

OPINION

2Opinion of the Court · WadeGary R. Wade, C.J.

in which JANICE M. HOLDER, CORNELIA A. CLARK, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

The petitioner pled guilty to charges of attempted first degree murder, second degree murder, and especially aggravated robbery. Later, he filed a petition for post-conviction relief, claiming that his trial counsel was ineffective and that his guilty pleas were not knowingly and voluntarily made. When the petitioner subpoenaed his three co-defendants to testify at the post-conviction hearing, the State filed a motion to quash because the co-defendants were all incarcerated. The…

3Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. North Carolina v. AlfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Black v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
  5. State v. HesterTennessee Supreme Court · 2010

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4Cited by22 opinions

  1. State of Tennessee v. Frederick HerronTennessee Supreme Court · 2015
  2. State v. GroceNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 2018
  3. Billy Butler v. Malvin Carvin Pitts, Jr.Court of Appeals of Tennessee · 2017
  4. Bobby Junior Lovin v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2025
  5. Brendan Nathan Morgan v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2025

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