Court Opinion

ID: 9475735
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 05:36:48.914362+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:44:54.144877
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WELLFORD, Circuit Judge,
concurring.
I fully concur in the court’s decision that we must remand this case for dismissal because unexhausted claims have been presented in this appeal by diligent counsel for appellant. I find it unnecessary therefore to discuss possible or potential conflicts in Tennessee law on the contention of disproportionate and excessive punishment *326and the effect, if any, of Solem v. Helm, 463 U.S. 277,103 S.Ct. 3001, 77 L.Ed.2d 637 (1983). Compare Rummel v. Estelle, 445 U.S. 263, 100 S.Ct. 1133, 63 L.Ed.2d 382 (1980).