IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE
AT NASHVILLE

ABU-ALI ABDUR’RAHMAN )  
  )  
Respondent/Defendant, )  
  )  
v. ) NO. M1988-00026-SC-DPE-PD
  )  
STATE OF TENNESSEE )  
  )  
Movant. )  

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NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE
PLEADING FOR EXTRAORDINARY RELIEF

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Petitioner Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman, by and through counsel, hereby give notice of his intent to file a petition for extraordinary relief that will request this Court, among other things, to cause a review of this case before an execution can occur.

The undersigned will file this pleading no later than the close of business this Friday, February 28, 2003.

Petitioner requests the Court to withhold the setting of an execution date until it has had an opportunity to review the pleading that Petitioner soon will be filing.

Respectfully submitted,

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William P. Redick, Jr. (BPR #6376)
810 Broadway, Suite 401
Nashville, TN 37203

________________________________________ Bradley A. MacLean (BPR # 9562)

STITES & HARBISON PLLC

SunTrust Center, Suite 1800
424 Church Street
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
Counsel for Mr. Abdur’Rahman

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing was served by hand delivery upon Joseph F. Whalen, Assistant Attorney General, Office of the Tennessee Attorney General, 425 Fifth Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37202-0207, on this the ___ day of February, 2003.

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Bradley A. MacLean

DESIGNATION OF ATTORNEY OF RECORD

FOR MR. ABDUR’RAHMAN


Mr. Abdur’Rahman designates the following attorneys of record:


Mr. Bradley A. MacLean, Esq.
Stites & Harbison, PLLC
SunTrust Center, Suite 1800
424 Church Street
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
Phone:(615) 782-2237
Facsimile:(615) 782-2371
Email:bradley.maclean@stites.com

Mr. MacLean prefers that he be notified of orders or opinions of the Court by email.


Mr. William P. Redick, Jr., Esq.
810 Broadway Suite 401
Nashville, Tennessee 37203
Phone:(615) 742-9865
Facsimile:(615) 736-5265
Email:w.redick@worldnet.att.net

Mr. Redick prefers that he be notified of orders or opinions of the Court by email.