CARPENTER v. STATE


126 S.W.3d 879 (2004)

Jerry Neal CARPENTER v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

January 13, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Stephens, District Public Defender, and John Halstead, Assistant Public Defender, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Jerry Neal Carpenter.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; and Mark A. Fulks, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., J., HERSCHEL PICKENS FRANKS, Sp.J., and WILLIAM H. INMAN, Sp.J., joined. FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., filed a concurring opinion. E. RILEY ANDERSON and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., not participating.

The sole issue before the Court in this post-conviction proceeding is whether the petitioner, Jerry Neal Carpenter...

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