Jason Lewis Adams v. State of Tennessee

On January 5, 2001, the petitioner pled guilty to filing a false police report, aggravated burglary, theft over $1000, vandalism, carjacking, two counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, and two counts of aggravated robbery and received a fifteen-year sentence. On February 2, 2001, he filed a motion to withdraw his guilty pleas, which was determined to be untimely and was treated as a petition for post-conviction relief. Because of the subsequent decision of our supreme court in State v. Green, __ S.W.3d __ (Tenn. 2003), we conclude that the petitioner's motion to withdraw his pleas of guilty was timely and should have proceeded pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 32(f), Withdrawal of Plea of Guilty. We reverse the order of the post-conviction court and remand for the petitioner's motion to withdraw his pleas of guilty to be considered as timely.