State of Tennessee v. Hassan Falah Al Mutory

08/07/2019 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE February 6, 2019 Session STATE OF TENNESSEE v. HASSAN FALAH AL MUTORY Appeal by Permission from the Court of Criminal Appeals Criminal Court for Davidson County No. 2015-C-1905 Seth W. Norman, Judge ___________________________________ No. M2017-00346-SC-R11-CD ___________________________________ We granted this appeal to determine whether, after the death of a defendant during an appeal as of right from a conviction, the Court of Criminal Appeals should follow our holding in Carver v. State,

398 S.W.2d 719

(Tenn. 1966). We conclude that,…