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WATKINS v. STATE

903 S.W.2d 302 (1995)

Curtis WATKINS, Petitioner-Appellee, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

July 3, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Seward, Memphis, for petitioner-appellee.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Sol. Gen., Rebecca L. Gundt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for respondent-appellant.

OPINION

REID, Justice.

This case presents an appeal by the State from the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals that the statutory three year limitation for filing a petition for post-conviction relief is suspended while the petitioner is mentally incompetent. That decision is supported by statute and by principles of due process, and the decision is affirmed.

The petitioner, Curtis C. Watkins, entered a plea of guilty to aggravated rape...

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