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FRAZIER v. STATE

480 S.W.2d 553 (1972)

Dewey Scott FRAZIER, Petitioner, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Certiorari Denied May 1, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Patrick Ledford, Kingsport, for petitioner.

David M. Pack, Atty. Gen., Charles W. Cherry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Carl K. Kirkpatrick, Dist. Atty. Gen., William R. Mooney, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Blountville, for respondent.

Certiorari Denied by Supreme Court May 1, 1972.

OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

We consider two petitions for postconviction relief by Dewey Scott Frazier.

The first attacks his life sentence on the ground that the habitual criminal statute, T.C.A. 40-2801, et seq., constitutes cruel and unusual treatment in violation of the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution. He also says the statute violates Article 1, Section 9(3) of the...

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