State of Tennessee v. James D. Wooden

OPINION

Bivins and Holly Kirby, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to determine whether a party filing a motion under Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 36.1 (“Rule 36.1”) states a colorable claim for relief for correction of an illegal sentence by alleging that the trial court increased his sentence above the statutory presumptive minimum sentence but failed to find enhancement factors justifying the increase. Answering this question requires us to determine the meaning of two terms used in Rule 36.1 — “colorable claim” and “illegal sentence.” We hold that the definition of “colorable…