Estate of Sedley Alley v. State of Tennessee

05/07/2021 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON February 3, 2021 Session ESTATE OF SEDLEY ALLEY v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County Nos. 85-05085, 85-05086 & 85-05087 Paula L. Skahan, Judge No. W2019-02046-CCA-R3-PC The Appellant, the Estate of Sedley Alley (“the Estate”), appeals from the Shelby County Criminal Court’s dismissal of its petition for post-conviction DNA analysis. The 2019 petition sought DNA testing of items from the Defendant’s trial despite the fact that the Defendant, who had received the death penalty, was executed in…