John R. Benson v. State of Tennessee

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE JOHN R. BENSON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE, KEVIN MYERS, WARDEN Appeal from the Circuit Court for Wayne County No. 13672 Stella L. Hargrove, Judge No. M2005-01417-CCA-R3-HC - Filed September 16, 2005 This matter is before the Court upon the State’s motion to affirm the judgment of the trial court by memorandum opinion pursuant to Rule 20, Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals. The petitioner has appealed the trial court’s order summarily dismissing the petition for the writ of habeas corpus. In that petition, the petitioner alleges that…