DIXON v. HOLLAND


70 S.W.3d 33 (2002)

William Andrew DIXON v. Flora J. HOLLAND, Warden. William Andrew Dixon v. Donal Campbell, Commissioner of TDOC.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

March 19, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas F. Bloom, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, William Andrew Dixon.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Kim R. Helper, Assistant Attorney General; and Pamela S. Lorch, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellees, Donal Campbell, Commissioner for the Department of Corrections, and Flora Holland, Warden.


OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and E. RILEY ANDERSON, ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted review in these consolidated cases to determine (1) whether William Andrew Dixon's sentence under Tenn.Code Ann. § 39-2603 (1975) is void and thus subject to habeas corpus relief; and (2) whether Tenn.Code Ann. § 41-21-236(c) (1997) applies to Dixon's...

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