Legal Opinion

Turner v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided April 12, 1983PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

Without response by the state, the appointment of counsel or an evidentiary hearing, the trial judge dismissed the inart-fully drawn petitions for postconviction relief of Donald Ray Turner and Glenn Brice Turner. On direct appeal we affirmed on December 29, 1980, their convictions for bank robbery with imprisonment for 20 to 25 years. The supreme court denied permission to appeal.

Donald R. Turner filed his petition on October 16, 1981. The state did not respond. On February 11, 1982, Glenn- Brice Turner filed a similar petition. Although the record shows no…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Townsend v. SainSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  2. Baxter v. RoseTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
  3. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1969
  4. Parton v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1972
  5. Guy v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1971

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3Cited by1 opinion

  1. Childress v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1985

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