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TOMMY TAYLOR v. JOHNNY FITZ, WARDEN

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Sep 8, 2021

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Tommy Taylor, Whiteville, Tennessee, Pro Se

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter, and Jonathan H. Wardle, Assistant Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): THOMAS

The Petitioner, Tommy Taylor, appeals as of right from the Lauderdale County Circuit Court’s summary dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus, in which he contended that his thirteen-year sentence was illegal and that his guilty plea was void because the affidavit of complaint and arrest warrant were not signed by a magistrate or a neutral and detached court clerk. On appeal, the Petitioner contends that summary dismissal was improper and that the petition stated a cognizable claim for habeas corpus relief. Discerning no error, we affirm the judgment of the habeas corpus court.

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