RADAMES ANTONIO RIVERA v. STATE OF TENNESSEE - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Sep 18, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: George Thomas, Pro Hac Vice, Winter Park, Florida (at hearing), and Robert L. Sirianni, Jr., Winter Park, Florida (on appeal), for the appellant, Radames Antonio Rivera.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Raymond J. Lepone, Assistant Attorney General; Robert J. Nash, District Attorney General; and Arthur Bieber, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): CAMPBELL

The Petitioner, Radames Antonio Rivera, appeals the denial of his petition for post- conviction relief from his second degree murder conviction, arguing that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by failing to strike two jurors who had prior connections with the parties and by failing to effectively cross-examine a principal State witness. Based on our review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court denying the petition.

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