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LOVIN v. STATE

No. E2006-01883-SC-R11-PC.

286 S.W.3d 275 (2009)

Christopher LOVIN v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee.

April 23, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jason D. Demastus, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant for the purpose of oral argument only; Christopher Lovin, Wartburg, Tennessee, pro se.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; and Mark A. Fulks, Senior Counsel (on appeal); and William Paul Phillips, District Attorney General; and John W. Galloway, Jr., Assistant District Attorney General (at trial), for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Wade V. Davies and Anne Passino, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the Amicus Curiae, Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.

OPINION

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

This appeal involves the procedure to be followed when a prisoner desires to discharge retained counsel and to represent himself on appeal from the denial of a petition for post-conviction relief. The prisoner was convicted of first degree murder in the death of his infant son. After ...

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