JESSIE DOTSON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE (2022)

ORDER

Upon consideration of the application for permission to appeal of Jessie Dotson and the record before us, the application is granted solely on the following issue:

When there is no appellate remedy for the Administrative Office of the Courts (AOC) Director and the Chief Justice of this Court vacating a trial court's ruling that expert assistance is necessary to effectuate a capital post-conviction petitioner's constitutional rights, are the state and federal constitutional guarantees of due process, equal protection, freedom from cruel and unusual punishment, and the right to a full and fair post-conviction proceeding violated since capital post-conviction petitioners who are denied necessary expert assistance by trial courts are provided appellate remedies? Relatedly, is the denial of an appellate remedy in violation of the open courts provision of the Tennessee Constitution?

The Clerk is directed to place this matter on the docket for oral argument upon the completion of briefing.

PER CURIAM

BIVINS, JEFFREY S., J., not participating.