Relief under this part shall be granted when petitioner's commitment is void or voidable because of the abridgement in any way of any right guaranteed by the laws or constitution of this state, or the Constitution of the United States, including a right that was not recognized as existing at the time of the trial if either constitution requires retrospective application of that right.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 37-1-305
Grounds for relief
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Rodgers (2007)
Most recently applied in State v. Rodgers (August 2007)
Acts 1978, ch. 750, § 5; T.C.A., § 37-1705.
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