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WILLIAMS v. STATE

44 S.W.3d 464 (2001)

Dexter L. WILLIAMS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

March 29, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Gordon W. Smith, Associate Solicitor General, Nashville, TN, for the appellant, State of Tennessee.

John E. Eldridge, Knoxville, TN, for the appellee, Dexter L. Williams.

OPINION

BARKER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ANDERSON, C.J., and BIRCH, J., joined.

The appellee in this case was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. After the Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the conviction, the appellee averred that his trial counsel failed to notify him of counsel's withdrawal from the case, or to explain to him his rights for filing a pro se petition to this Court. Although a Rule...

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