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COOPER v. STATE

847 S.W.2d 521 (1992)

Vernon COOPER, Appellant/Appellee, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee/Appellant.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

June 9, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Burson, Attorney Gen., and James W. Milam, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, Gary D. Gerbitz, Dist. Atty. Gen., and Stephen M. Bevil, H.C. Bright, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Chattanooga, for the State.

William B. Mitchell Carter, Karen Broadway Petosa, Chattanooga, for Cooper.

No Permission to Appeal Applied for to the Supreme Court.

OPINION

TIPTON, Judge.

The petitioner, Vernon Cooper, and the state have both appealed from the Hamilton County Criminal Court's action on the petitioner's claim for post-conviction relief. The trial court denied the petitioner relief from his conviction for murder in the first degree, but it vacated his death sentence on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel. The petitioner was...

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