Legal Opinion
Taylor v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided December 1, 1993PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BIRCH, Judge.
The petitioner, Robert Lee Taylor, appeals the trial court’s dismissal of his post-conviction petition after an evidentiary hearing. As modified, the judgment is affirmed.
Taylor was convicted August 17, 1982, of felony murder and received the sentence of imprisonment for life he now serves. The judgment was affirmed.1
On April 4, 1989, Taylor filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief. After much effort on his part, counsel was appointed to represent him. With counsel’s help, Taylor filed an amended petition on July 14, 1992. In the amended petition, he principally…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Baxter v. RoseTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- Black v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
- State v. MelsonTennessee Supreme Court · 1989
- Brooks v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
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3Cited by20 opinions
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- Strategic Capital Resources, Inc. v. Dylan Tire Industries, LLCCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
- Alan Dale Bailey v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
- Edward Bruce Coleman v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2016
- Lorenzo C. Waters v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1997
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