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CLARENCE WILLIS MOORE v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 7, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jamie Tarkington and James A. Simmons, Hendersonville, Tennessee (on appeal), and Winston Davis, Lebanon, Tennessee (at hearing), for the appellant, Clarence Willis Moore.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin A. Ball, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Jason Lawson, District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): CAMPBELL

The Petitioner, Clarence Willis Moore1, appeals the denial of his petition for post- conviction relief from his Class B felony drug convictions, arguing that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel due to trial counsel’s failure to review videotape evidence with him or to convey the State’s plea offer, and that the post-conviction court erred by concluding that the Petitioner was not a credible witness. Because the Petitioner’s claim that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel was previously determined by the trial court in the Petitioner’s motion for new trial, we conclude that the issue is waived. Accordingly, we affirm the denial of post-conviction relief.

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