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CAZES v. STATE

980 S.W.2d 364 (1998)

Victor James CAZES, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

October 26, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter D. Heil, Nashville, for Appellant.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General and Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Elizabeth T. Ryan, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General, John W. Campbell, Assistant District Attorney General, Memphis, for Appellee.

OPINION

BIRCH, Justice.

We granted Victor James Cazes's application for permission to appeal, pursuant to Tenn. R.App. P. 11,1 to determine whether the dismissal with prejudice of a post-conviction petition bars consideration of a subsequent one. We conclude that the dismissal with prejudice compels dismissal of a later petition that is predicated on grounds in existence prior to the dismissal of the former petition.<...

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