Guy v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WALKER, Presiding Judge.
Without an evidentiary hearing the trial judge sustained a motion to dismiss this petition for postconviction relief. The petitioner appeals. We affirm.
The petitioner says that the state’s motion to dismiss is in the nature of a speaking demurrer since it alleges facts not contained in the original petition. With this we agree. T.C.A. 40-3814 authorizes the district attorney general to file with a responsive pleading the records or transcripts material to the questions raised in the petition. His assistance in bringing together the files and records in the case…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Floyd v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1970
- Guy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
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