STATE v. RUSSELL


866 S.W.2d 578 (1991)

STATE of Tennessee, Appellee, v. Cynthia K. RUSSELL, Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Permission to Appeal Denied May 11, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Herbison and Rebecca Freeman, Nashville, for appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Jeannie Kaess, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Hugh W. Stanton, Jr., Dist. Atty. Gen., and James C. Beasley, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Memphis, for appellee.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court May 11, 1992.

OPINION

PEAY, Judge.

The petitioner was convicted on five counts of forgery and subsequently found to be a habitual criminal, for which she received a life sentence. In determining her to be a habitual criminal, the jury considered evidence of her prior twenty-four convictions.

On June 30, 1989, the petitioner filed three petitions for post-conviction relief challenging the...

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