IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON
OCTOBER 1997 SESSION FILED
January 26, 1998
Cecil Crowson, Jr.
Appellate C ourt Clerk
E. L. (ELDRED) REID, )
) C.C.A. NO. 02C01-9610-CC-00327
Appellan t, )
) LAKE COUNTY
VS. )
) HO N. JO E G. R ILEY , JR.,
GOV. DON SUNDQUIST, ) JUDGE
COMM. DONAL[D] CAMPBELL, )
and WARDEN FRED RANEY, )
)
Appellees. ) (Habeas corpus)
FOR THE APPELLANT: FOR THE APPELLEE:
E. L. (ELDRE D) REID, pro se JOHN KNOX WALKUP
# 203343 NWCC Attorney General & Reporter
Rt. 1, Box 660
Tiptonville, TN 38079 KENNETH W. RUCKER
Asst. Attorney General
450 James Robertson Pkw y.
Nashville, TN 37243-4351
C. PHILLIP BIVENS
District Attorney General
P.O. Drawe r E
Dyersburg, TN 38024
OPINION FILED:____________________
AFFIRMED
JOHN H. PEAY,
Judge
OPINION
The petitioner filed his petition for writ of habeas corpus on July 9, 1996. He
is currently incarcerated on a nine year sentence for rape. The court below su mmarily
dismissed the petition. We affirm. Prior to filing this petition, the petitioner pursued a
direct appeal of his conviction in this Court, where it was a ffirme d. See State v. Eldred
Reid, No. 01C01-9511-CC-00390, Rutherford County (Tenn. Crim. App. filed June 6,
1997, at Nashville). His Rule 1 1 application from that decision to our S upreme C ourt is
currently pending. Petitions for habeas corpus and/or post-conviction relief cannot be
maintained while a direct appeal is pend ing. See Hankin s v. State, 512 S.W.2d 591, 592
(Tenn. Crim. App. 1974). Accordingly, the judgment below is affirmed.
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JOHN H. PEAY , Judge
CONCUR:
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PAUL G. SUM MERS, Judge
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DAVID G. HA YES, Judge
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