Jesse L. Rogers, III. v. State of Tennesse

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE Assigned on Briefs, February 7, 1011 JESSE L. ROGERS, III., v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Chancery Court for Johnson County No. 6445 Hon. Thomas R. Frierson, II., Chancellor No. E2010-01353-COA-R3-CV - Filed March 31, 2011 Plaintiff, an incarcerated prisoner, appealed a Circuit Court's decision dismissing his writ of habeas corpus to Chancery Court. The Chancellor held that an appeal from Circuit Court would not lie in Chancery Court which has no jurisdiction to try a writ of habeas corpus related to criminal proceedings. On appeal, we…