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SUMMERS v. STATE

212 S.W.3d 251 (2007)

Charles G. SUMMERS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Nashville.

January 23, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Amy L. Tarkington, Deputy Attorney General; Richard H. Dunavant and Renee W. Turner, Assistant Attorneys General, for Appellant, State of Tennessee.

Douglas Thompson Bates, III, Centerville, Tennessee, for Appellee, Charles G. Summers.

OPINION

JANICE M. HOLDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and CORNELIA A. CLARK and GARY R. WADE, JJ., and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., Sp.J., joined.

The petitioner, Charles G. Summers, filed a habeas corpus petition challenging the legality of his concurrent sentence for misdemeanor escape. The trial court summarily dismissed the petition. The Court of Criminal Appeals reversed, concluding that Summers should be afforded...

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