Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-07-14 21:28:53.669005+00
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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
                         AT JACKSON
                      Assigned on Briefs February 03, 2015

             PHILANDER BUTLER v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

               Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County
           No. 8808249, 9004544, 9006943  James M. Lammey, Judge

               No. W2014-01366-CCA-R3-CO - Filed July 14, 2015
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CAMILLE R. MCMULLEN, J., dissenting.

       For reasons stated in State v. Kevin M. Thompson, No. E2014-01358-CCA-R3-
CD, 2015 WL 1548852 (Tenn. Crim. App. Apr. 1, 2015), and State v. Sean Blake, No.
W2014-00856-CCA-R3-CO, 2015 WL 112801 (Tenn. Crim. App. Jan. 8, 2015), I would
remand this matter to the trial court for appointment of counsel if the Defendant is
indigent and an evidentiary hearing pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure
36.1. Accordingly, I respectfully dissent.

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                                CAMILLE R. MCMULLEN, JUDGE