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FRESHWATER v. STATE

160 S.W.3d 548 (2004)

Margo FRESHWATER v. STATE of Tennessee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

September 1, 2004.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied January 31, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Ritchie and Stephen Ross Johnson, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Margo Freshwater.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter; J. Ross Dyer, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and John Campbell, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

JERRY L. SMITH, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which JOSEPH M. TIPTON, and JAMES CURWOOD WITT, JR., JJ., joined.

Application for Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court January 31, 2005.

OPINION

The petitioner, Margo Freshwater, was convicted of first degree murder in 1969. Her conviction was affirmed on direct appeal. See Freshwater v. State, 2 Tenn.Crim.App. 314, 453 S.W.2d 446 (1969). In 2003, she filed a petition for writ of error coram nobis, alleging that new evidence existed that proved her innocence, as well as...

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