MASSENGALE v. MILLS


826 S.W.2d 122 (1991)

James William MASSENGALE, Appellant, v. David G. MILLS, Warden, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Permission to Appeal Denied December 30, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall E. Reagan, Knoxville, for appellant.

James W. Massengale, pro se.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Bettye Springfield-Carter, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Charles Hawk, Dist. Atty. Gen., Frank Harvey, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Kingston, for appellee.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court December 30, 1991.

OPINION

DWYER, Judge.

James Massengale appeals from the Morgan County Criminal Court's decision dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus. He had been convicted in 1981 of robbery and rape, with a net effective sentence of life imprisonment.

The appellant does not dispute whether the crimes took place, but rather whether the...

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