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ARCHER v. STATE

851 S.W.2d 157 (1993)

Mark D. ARCHER, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent-Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

March 22, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Christian Lanier, III, Chattanooga, for petitioner-appellant.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Jeannie Kaess, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, David W. Denny, Thomas J. Evans, Asst. Dist. Attys. Gen., Chattanooga, for respondent-appellee.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Justice.

We granted permission to appeal in this case to determine whether challenges to the voluntariness of guilty pleas may properly be advanced in state habeas corpus proceedings. Our examination of the history of the writ of habeas corpus in Tennessee leads us to the conclusion that the reach of the Great Writ is severely restricted in this state and would, in almost all instances, preclude consideration of challenges to the voluntariness...

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