FAULKNER v. STATE


226 S.W.3d 358 (2007)

Joseph FAULKNER, a/k/a Jerry Faulkner v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

April 27, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald D. Krelstein, Germantown, Tennessee, for the appellant, Joseph Faulkner, a/k/a Jerry Faulkner.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General & Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, and Rachel E. Willis, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

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

In this case, we granted permission to appeal to determine whether a prisoner serving concurrent state and federal sentences in a federal correctional institution may attack his state convictions pursuant to a petition for writ of habeas corpus filed in this state. We hold...

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