DOTSON v. STATE

No. W2019-01059-SC-R11-PD.

673 S.W.3d 204 (2023)

Jessie DOTSON, v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, AT JACKSON.

FILED July 7, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Justyna Scalpone , Post-Conviction Defender; and Kelly A. Gleason , and Andrew L. Harris , Assistant Post-Conviction Defenders, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jessie Dotson.

Jonathan Skrmetti , Attorney General and Reporter; Andrée Sophia Blumstein , Solicitor General; Courtney N. Orr , Senior Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich , District Attorney General; and Stephen Jones , Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

David R. Esquivel , and Michael C. Tackeff , Nashville, Tennessee, for Amici Curiae, Former Access to Justice Commission Chairs, Tennessee Innocence Project, Choosing Justice Initiative, and Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.


OPINION

This appeal involves a capital post-conviction petitioner's expert funding requests under Tennessee Supreme Court Rule 13...

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