tried to operate their landscaping business on her own. She showed up drunk and under the influence of drugs at a potential job site and a fight ensued with the homeowner. She was arrested for stealing the man's toolbox.

A jury convicted Martinez of petty theft. Because she had prior convictions, Martinez was sentenced under the three-strikes law to 25 years to life. While in custody, Martinez said, she took refuge in the prison's law library and taught herself to be a jailhouse lawyer. In 1999, she persuaded a court to overturn the conviction on the basis of inadequate representation by her lawyer. When the judge ordered a new trial, Martinez pleaded guilty to petty theft with a prior conviction and was sentenced to nine years.

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In the early morning hours Wednesday, after celebrating his 26th birthday, a Hamilton County corrections deputy was shot and killed by a police officer after refusing to drop a firearm he allegedly used earlier to threaten two women.

Daniel Hendrix was celebrating with two off-duty female police officers at a home in the 300 block of Shawnee Trail when, for reasons that are still unclear, he became "enraged," picked up a personal firearm and began to threaten the women, said Josh DeVine, Tennessee Bureau of Investigation spokesman.

Both women fled the home and one called 911 at 1:26 a.m. Two additional Chattanooga police officers arrived on scene and found Hendrix holding the weapon, but he refused to comply