John E. Carter v. Howard Carlton

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE Assigned on Briefs September 27, 2000 JOHN E. CARTER v. HOWARD CARLTON Appeal from the Criminal Court for Johnson County No. 3360 Robert E. Cupp, Judge No. E2000-00406-CCA-R3-PC February 22, 2001 John E. Carter seeks the writ of habeas corpus. He claims that he is entitled to immediate release from his two 1981 convictions for the first degree murder of his grandparents. Carter alleges that he is being illegally restrained because he had inadequate notice of the charges against him, because the trial court excluded relevant evidence…