Legal Opinion
Berndt v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided May 18, 1987PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
JONES, Judge.
On August 16, 1983, the appellant entered pleas of nolo contendere to three felony offenses of passing bad checks and was sentenced to serve a term of three years in the Department of Corrections as a Range I standard offender in each case. The trial court ordered the sentences to be served concurrently.
The appellant first attacked his convictions on July 22, 1985, when he filed a pro se “Application for Writ of Habeas Corpus”, later treated as a petition for post-conviction relief. On July 26, 1985, the trial court dismissed the petition on the ground the appellant had…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Boykin v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Drope v. MissouriSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- State v. MacKeyTennessee Supreme Court · 1977
- Westbrook v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by25 opinions
- State v. TurnerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
- State v. BlackstockTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
- State v. KiserTennessee Supreme Court · 2009
- Van Tran v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1999
- State v. TaylorTennessee Supreme Court · 1989
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