Jessie D. McDonald v. State of Tennessee

In 1973, Appellant, Jessie D. McDonald, was convicted, following a jury trial, of the offense of obtaining property by false pretenses. Appellant filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus in the Criminal Court of Davidson County, Tennessee in May 2004, attacking his conviction. According to his petition, the sentence for the conviction expired in May 1979. Upon direct appeal from the conviction, the Court of Criminal Appeals reversed the conviction. However, the Supreme Court of Tennessee reversed the Court of Criminal Appeals and reinstated the judgment. See State v. McDonald, 534 S.W.2d 650 (Tenn. 1976). Appellant has appealed from the trial court's summary dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus relief. The State has filed a motion for this court to affirm the dismissal pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals. Finding merit in the motion, we grant same and affirm the judgment of the trial court.