Rickman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HAYES, Judge.
The appellant, Ronald Rickman, appeals the post-conviction court’s summary dismissal of his third petition for post-conviction court relief. In 1978, the appellant was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death for the contract killing of Deborah Lee Groseclose, the wife of his co-defendant, William Groseclose. In 1981, our supreme court affirmed the appellant’s conviction. State v. Groseclose and Rickman, 615 S.W.2d 142 (Tenn.), cert. denied, 454 U.S. 882, 102 S.Ct. 367 (1981). In 1982, the appellant filed his first petition for post-conviction relief, which…
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