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STATE v. MELLON

118 S.W.3d 340 (2003)

STATE of Tennessee v. James A. MELLON.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

October 30, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald L. Gulley, Jr., Knoxville, Tennessee, and Tim S. Moore, Newport, Tennessee, for the appellant, James A. Mellon.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Marvin S. Blair, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

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

Although the defendant, James A. Mellon, raises numerous issues on appeal, the dispositive issue is whether his guilty plea was unknowing and involuntary, and the subsequently imposed death sentence in violation of due process, when he was not adequately informed of the consequences...

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