[DOWNLOAD] "Sidney Porterfield v. State Tennessee" by The Supreme Court of Texas * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Sidney Porterfield v. State Tennessee
- Author : The Supreme Court of Texas
- Release Date : January 21, 1995
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 73 KB
Description
Petitioner, Sidney Porterfield, was convicted of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death on 15 January 1986. On 7 July 1987, while the matter was pending on appellate review, petitioner filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief. The original pro se petition was supplemented by appointed counsel. Subsequently the trial court entered an order denying relief on the petition. Appeal was taken and because it was a capital case the Court of Criminal Appeals transferred the proceedings to this Court on 21 June 1990. This Court bifurcated the proceedings and remanded the issue of effective assistance of counsel at trial to the Court of Criminal Appeals. That Court affirmed the trial courts dismissal of the petition for post-conviction relief on the issue of effective assistance of counsel at trial. Petitioner appealed.