Wallen v. State

863 S.W.2d 34 (1993)

Rickie J. WALLEN, Petitioner-Appellant,

v.

STATE of Tennessee, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

September 13, 1993.

J. Christopher Booth, Kingsport, for petitioner-appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. and Reporter, C. Anthony Daughtrey, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondent-appellee.

OPINION

REID, Chief Justice.

This case presents an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming the trial court's denial of a petition for post-conviction relief. The record supports the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals.

In 1975,…