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Margaret Dodson identified herself as counsel for petitioner-appellant Greg Lance and asked to reserve four minutes. She told the court she represents Lance and introduced the case before argument began.
The Tennessee Supreme Court heard oral argument in Greg Lance’s petition seeking a new trial after about 25 years in prison. Petitioner counsel Margaret Dodson argued newly discovered evidence — including five alleged confessions by others and DNA on the murder weapon — shows Lance’s actual innocence. State counsel Lacey Wilbur argued the new accounts are hearsay, trial evidence implicated Lance, and the petition was untimely; the court questioned credibility, jury-instruction standards and procedural timing. No ruling was announced; the court moved to the next case.
