MICHAEL LAMAR GAINES v. STATE OF TENNESSEE - Articles

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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Aug 10, 2016

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Michael Lamar Gaines, Pikeville, Tennessee, pro se.

Attorneys 2:

Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Sophia S. Lee, Senior Counsel; and J. Michael Taylor, District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): EASTER

Petitioner, Michael Lamar Gaines, filed a motion to reopen post-conviction proceedings. Because he failed to comply with the statutory requirements for seeking discretionary review of the dismissal of his motion, this Court has no jurisdiction over the case. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed.

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