Tennessee Supreme Court· 11/23/1999

Van Tran v. State

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6 S.W.3d 257
1999 Tenn. LEXIS 602

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holding that post-conviction is not the appropriate avenue for litigating the issue of competency to be executed
holding that post-conviction is not the appropriate avenue for litigating the issue of competency to be executed
holding that the required threshold showing to establish a genuine disputed issue regarding a prisoner’s competency to be executed may be met by submitting affidavits, depositions, medical reports, or other credible evidence
holding that unsupported assertions of incompetency to be executed are not sufficient to meet the required threshold showing
holding that unsupported assertions of incompetency to be executed are not sufficient to meet the required threshold showing
holding that unsupported assertions of incompetency to be executed are not sufficient to meet the required threshold showing

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Judges: Drowota, Anderson, Holder, Barker, Birch

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