Carter v. State

OPINION

PEAY, Judge.

The defendant, James D. Carter, appeals from the summary dismissal of his second post-conviction relief petition by the Criminal Court for Greene County. The Honorable Ben K. Wexler denied relief on the basis that all grounds alleged had been previously litigated. We affirm the denial although under a different rationale.

In November of 1984 the defendant was convicted of murder in the first degree for the death of C.A. Lile. For this offense he was sentenced to death by electrocution. He then brought a direct appeal before the Tennessee Supreme Court which affirmed both the…