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BOBBY V. SUMMERS v. JOHNNY FITZ, WARDEN

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 10, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Bobby V. Summers (on appeal), Henning, Tennessee, Pro Se; David Collins (at trial), Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Bobby V. Summers.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Park Huff, Assistant Attorney General; Mark E. Davidson, District Attorney General; and Jeffrey Jackson, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCMULLEN

The Petitioner, Bobby V. Summers, acting pro se, appeals from the summary dismissal of his petition for writ of habeas corpus. The Petitioner’s handwritten brief is largely incoherent and difficult to decipher; however, we understand him to present four primary arguments: (1) that facilitation of first degree murder is not a valid offense; (2) that his conviction is void because no principal offender was prosecuted or convicted; (3) that the indictment or charging instrument was defective and therefore void; and (4) that his guilty plea was involuntary because counsel “tricked,” “duped,” or “coerced” him. The habeas corpus court summarily dismissed the petition, finding it procedurally defective and raising no cognizable claim. After careful review, we affirm.

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