David Cantrell v. State

W2009-00985-SC-R11-HC
Date / Time
Wed, 04/06/2011 - 10:00 AM
ORAL ARGUMENTS DESCRIPTION

Lower Court Summary

In 1995, a Hickman County jury convicted the Petitioner of four counts of aggravated rape and one count of false imprisonment, and the trial court sentenced him as a Range II multiple offender to a total effective sentence of eighty years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. The Petitioner filed a petition for habeas corpus relief, claiming the trial court did not have statutory authority to sentence him as a Range II multiple offender. The habeas court dismissed the petition without a hearing, finding that “[h]abeas corpus relief is not appropriate.” After a thorough review of the record and applicable law, we affirm the judgment of the habeas court.

Court
Supreme Court
County
Hardeman
Division
Western Section