NORTON v. EVERHART


895 S.W.2d 317 (1995)

Richard Lynn NORTON, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Don EVERHART, Warden, State of Tennessee, Defendants-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Rehearing Denied March 20, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Burgin, Jr., Kramer, Rayson, Leake, Rodgers & Morgan, Knoxville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, and Joel W. Perry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendants-appellants.


OPINION

DROWOTA, Justice.

The State of Tennessee appeals from the Court of Appeals' reversal of the trial court's dismissal of Richard Norton's petition for a writ of habeas corpus, which alleged that the Board of Paroles had illegally revoked his parole. This case presents the following procedural issues for our determination: (1) whether the Court of Criminal Appeals was correct in holding that the trial court had the inherent authority and duty...

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