1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. S.W.2d
  4. 789 S.W.2d
  5. 789 S.W.2d 898 (1990)
 

BUTLER v. STATE

789 S.W.2d 898 (1990)

Robert C. BUTLER, Petitioner-Appellee, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

May 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Hamra, II, Robert W. Ritchie, Knoxville, for petitioner-appellee.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Kathy M. Principe, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, William E. Dossett, Dist. Atty. Gen., Robert L. Jolley, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Knoxville, for respondent-appellant.

OPINION

DROWOTA, Chief Justice.

This is a post-conviction proceeding in which the sole issue presented is whether Petitioner was deprived of his constitutional right to effective assistance of counsel. After an evidentiary hearing in 1985, the trial court dismissed the petition. Reversing the trial court and granting the petition, the Court of Criminal Appeals vacated the judgment of conviction and the sentence and remanded the cause for a new trial. We...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases