Title: State vs. Blanton
Citation: N/A
Docket Number: 01S01-9605-CC-00093
State: Tennessee
Issuer: Tennessee Supreme Court
Date: September 7, 1998

FILED September 8, 1998 Cecil W. Crowson Appellate Court Clerk IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE FOR PUBLICATION Filed: September 8, 1998 STATE OF TENNESSEE, ) ) APPELLEE, ) CHEATHAM CIRCUIT ) v. ) Hon. Allen W. Wallace, Judge ) JAMES BLANTON, ) No. 01S01-9605-CC-00093 ) APPELLANT. ) ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR REHEARING Appellant James Blanton has filed a petition to rehear in this cause pursuant to Tenn. R. App. R. 39 contending that our opinion is in conflict with established federal and state constitutional law. We have considered the arguments raised in the petition, and a majority of the Court has found them to be without merit. It is, therefore, ORDERED that the petition for rehearing be and the same is hereby denied. Justices Birch and Reid adhere to the positions stated in their original opinions filed in this cause. It is further ORDERED that the date of execution, which is presently October 15, 1998, is hereby stayed and reset for December 7, 1998. Immediate notification shall be made by the clerk of the contents of this Order to the 2 Warden of the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, 7475 Cockrill Bend Industrial Road, Nashville, TN 37243-0471. FOR THE COURT: Janice M. Holder Justice Concurring in the denial of the petition to rehear: Anderson, C.J. Drowota and Birch, J.J. Dissenting from the denial of the petition to rehear: Reid, Sp.J.