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STATE OF TENNESSEE v. BILLY J. HANCOCK

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Dec 11, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: HOLLOWAY, JR., and ROBERT H. MONTGOMERY, JR., JJ., joined. Billy J. Hancock, Pro Se, Wartburg, Tennessee.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Garrett D. Ward, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Bryant Dunaway, District Attorney General; and Mark Edward Gore, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): EASTER

Billy J. Hancock, Defendant, was convicted of first degree premeditated murder, felony murder, especially aggravated kidnapping, and abuse of a corpse. State v. Hancock, No. M0212-02307-CCA-R3-CD, 2014 WL 7006969, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Dec. 12, 2014), perm. app. denied (Tenn. May 14, 2015). His convictions were affirmed on appeal. Defendant filed a pro se motion to correct a clerical error pursuant to Tennessee Rule of Criminal Procedure 36 on January 30, 2025, in which he argued that the trial court committed a clerical error by checking the “T.D.O.C.” box on the judgment form and by ordering his sentence to be served as a “100 percent violent offender.” The trial court denied the motion, finding that Defendant failed to state a colorable claim. Defendant appealed. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

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