No. 18-6445

Tracy Lebron Vick v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2018-10-25
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: constitutional-challenge criminal-procedure due-process habeas-corpus judicial-review plea-bargaining public-interest sentencing sentencing-procedure unconstitutional
Latest Conference: 2018-11-30
Question Presented (from Petition)

I. WHETHER THE PROVISIONS OF RULE 36.1 OF THE TENNESSEE RULES OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE, TENNESSEE CODE ANNOTATED § 29-21-101, AND TENNESSEE LAW ARE UNCONSTITUTIONAL WHEREIN THE SAME DO NOT PERMIT A CHALLENGE TO A MATERIALLY IMPOSSIBLE ILLEGAL AND VOID SENTENCE OF WHICH A DEFENDANT ENTERED INTO WITHOUT ANY KNOWLEDGE AS TO ITS ILLEGALITY OR NO POTENTIAL FOR ITS ENFORCEMENT-AND OF WHICH RESULTED IN A SIX YEAR SENTENCE INCREASE ABSENT NOTICE, COUNSEL OR A HEARING-CREATE SUFFICIENT MATTERS OF PUBLIC INTEREST AND AN INJUSTICE AS TO WARRANT SUPREME COURT REVIEW?

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the provisions of Rule 36.1 of the Tennessee Rules of Criminal Procedure, Tennessee Code Annotated § 29-21-101, and Tennessee law are unconstitutional

Docket Entries

2018-12-03
Petition DENIED.
2018-11-08
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/30/2018.
2018-11-02
Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee to respond filed.
2018-10-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due November 26, 2018)

Attorneys

Tennessee
Nicholas White SpanglerOffice of Tennessee Attorney General, Respondent
Tracy Lebron Vick
Tracy Lebron Vick — Petitioner