Whether Tennessee's refusal to extend DNA post-conviction protections to those who pled guilty violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment

QUESTIONS PRESENTED FOR REVIEW ; The District Attorney’s Office by formal letter notified Mr. Vick and 283 other convicted defendants of the fact that evidence had been discovered in the medical examiners office of which would be reviewed to assure case integrity. After making unresponsive inquiry for some time, Mr. Vick filed for DNA post-conviction review/testing. He was denied essentially because of his having accepted a plea. The question asks: I. WHETHER, AS HERE, TENNESSEE’S REFUSAL TO EXTEND DNA POSTCONVICTION PROTECTIONS TO THOSE WHO PLED GUILTY VIOLATES THE EQUAL PROTECTION OF THE LAW AS PROVIDED UNDER THE FOURTEENTH AMENDMENT TO THE UNITED STATES CONSTITUTION? ; iii