STATE v. MONTGOMERY


840 S.W.2d 900 (1992)

STATE of Tennessee, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Lawrence MONTGOMERY, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

October 26, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Joel W. Perry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for plaintiff-appellee.

Ted I. Jones, Memphis, for defendant-appellant.


OPINION

REID, Chief Justice.

This case presents an appeal from the judgment of the Court of Criminal Appeals affirming the denial of a petition for post-conviction relief. The record fails to establish that the guilty pleas accepted by the trial court were knowing and voluntary; the defendant, therefore, is entitled to have the subject convictions vacated.

The defendant was sentenced to life imprisonment following a 1986 conviction for aggravated...

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