Legal Opinion

Bishop v. Conley

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided July 8, 1994PublishedCited by 42 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

SUMMERS, Judge.

The appellant, James M. Bishop, filed a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus challenging the Department of Correction’s disciplinary ruling which increased his release eligibility date. The trial court dismissed appellant’s petition without an eviden-tiary hearing. From this dismissal, appellant now appeals contending that he is entitled to have his petition transferred to the Chancery Court of Davidson County as a petition for writ of certiorari.

• We affirm the trial court’s judgment of dismissal.

Appellant is incarcerated on multiple offenses including burglary,…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Archer v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1993
  2. Fallin v. Knox County Board of CommissionersTennessee Supreme Court · 1983
  3. Brigham v. LackCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1988
  4. Slagle v. ReynoldsTennessee Supreme Court · 1992

3Cited by42 opinions

  1. Willis v. Tennessee Department of CorrectionTennessee Supreme Court · 2003
  2. Rhoden v. State Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 1998
  3. Robinson v. ClementCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
  4. Hawkins v. Tennessee Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2002
  5. Bonner v. Tennessee Department of CorrectionCourt of Appeals of Tennessee · 2001

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