STATE v. CRAVEN


656 S.W.2d 872 (1982)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Donald CRAVEN, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Nashville.

September 2, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Ann Lacy Johns, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Charles S. Ramsey, Dist. Atty. Gen., C. Michael Layne, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Manchester, for appellee.

B. Timothy Pirtle, McMinnville, for appellant.


OPINION

WALKER, Presiding Judge.

Donald Craven has appealed from the trial court's order dismissing his petition for postconviction relief. He has presented two issues for review. In his first issue, appellant contends that the trial court's order must be reversed because the district attorney general failed to comply with the provisions of TCA 40-3814. That statute states, in part:

"If the petition (for postconviction relief) does not include the...

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