Anthony Darrell Hines v. State of Tennessee

A Cheatham County jury convicted the Petitioner, Anthony Darrell Hines, of first-degree felony murder and sentenced him to death. After a remand to reconsider sentencing, the Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed a second sentence of death, and the United States Supreme Court denied certiorari. The Petitioner filed a petition for post-conviction relief in 1997, which was denied by the trial court and ultimately affirmed by this Court in 2004. The Petitioner filed this petition for post-conviction relief requesting permission and funds to test seven pieces of evidence for DNA. The trial court denied the petition, and, upon a thorough consideration of the facts and applicable law, we affirm the judgment of the trial court.