PINKSTON v. STATE


668 S.W.2d 676 (1984)

William Spencer PINKSTON, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Permission to Appeal Denied March 19, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugene A. Laurenzi, Memphis, for appellant.

Ann Lacy Johns, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, James J. Challen, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Memphis, for appellee.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court March 19, 1984.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

In this case we are asked to determine whether delayed second-tier appeal is available, and, if so, what the proper procedure for securing it is.

The petitioner, William Spencer Pinkston, is an inmate of the state penitentiary, where he is serving a life sentence as an habitual criminal following his conviction for armed robbery. We have before us Pinkston...

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