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DEWAYNE EDWARD HARRIS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 12, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Daniel J. Murphy, Lewisburg, Tennessee (on appeal), and Nichole Dusche, Franklin, Tennessee (at post-conviction hearing), for the appellant, Dewayne Edward Harris.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Ronald L. Coleman, Senior Assistant Attorney General and Caroline Weldon, Assistant Attorney General; Stacey Edmonson, District Attorney General (Assistant District Attorney General at post-conviction hearing), for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Petitioner, Dewayne Edward Harris, appeals the denial of his post-conviction petition, arguing that the post-conviction court erred in denying his claim that trial counsel was ineffective for failure to investigate, failure to develop a reasonable trial strategy, and failure to object to the use of Petitioner’s nicknames and to testimony regarding statements made by a non-testifying co-defendant. Following our review of the entire record, oral arguments, and the briefs of the parties, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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