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TORSAUNT LAMONT SHANKLIN v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 4, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Timothy F. Warren, Jr., Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Torsaunt Lamont Shanklin.

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

Judge(s): EASTER

After being convicted by a jury of multiple drug charges, possession of a firearm during the commission of or attempt to commit a dangerous felony, and three alternative counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, Torsaunt Lamont Shanklin, Petitioner, was sentenced to an effective sentence of thirty-five years in incarceration. His direct appeal challenging the denial of a motion to suppress was unsuccessful. State v. Shanklin, No. M2019-01896-CCA-R3-CD, 2021 WL 1082043, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Mar. 22, 2021), perm. app. denied (Tenn. May 12, 2021). Petitioner sought post-conviction relief primarily based on ineffective assistance of counsel. After a hearing, the post-conviction court denied relief. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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