Dismissal of Petition by Trial Judge

Unless otherwise indicated, all indented material is copied directly from the court’s opinion.

Decisions of the Tennessee Supreme Court

Decisions of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals

Adbelnabi v. State of Tennessee, No. E2020-01270-CCA-R3-PC (Tenn. Ct. Crim. App. Feb. 18, 2022).

The post-conviction court’s dismissal of a petition is a question of law which this court reviews de novo with no presumption of correctness. Burnett, 92 S.W.3d at 406 (citing Fields v. State, 40 S.W.3d 450, 457 (Tenn. 2001)).