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CLAYBORNE v. STATE

596 S.W.2d 820 (1980)

Robert Leroy CLAYBORNE, Petitioner, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

March 31, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ural B. Adams, Jr., Shelby County Public Defender, Walker Gwinn, Appellate Counsel, Public Defender's Office, Memphis, for petitioner.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Charles L. Lewis, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondent.

OPINION

FONES, Justice.

Defendant was convicted of armed robbery and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary. He was also found to be an habitual criminal and the armed robbery sentence was enhanced to life imprisonment. We granted certiorari to examine defendant's conviction as an habitual criminal under T.C.A. § 40-2801 et seq.

We find that applying the statutory requirement that each of the three prior convictions, "[s]hall be for...

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