Charles E. Jones v. State of Tennessee

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs May 5, 2015 CHARLES E. JONES v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. P-26528 Lee V. Coffee, Judge No. W2014-02306-CCA-R3-PC - Filed June 24, 2015 Petitioner, Charles E. Jones, appeals the post-conviction court‟s denial of his petition for DNA testing pursuant to the Post-Conviction DNA Analysis Act of 2001, alleging that DNA testing of glass shards found at the crime scene would have resulted in a more favorable verdict or sentence. The post-conviction court summarily dismissed the…