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VANA MUSTAFA v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 10, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Manuel B. Russ, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Vana Mustafa.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; G. Kirby May, Assistant Attorney General; Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General; and Janice A. Norman, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HIXSON

The Petitioner, Vana Mustafa, appeals from the post-conviction court’s summary dismissal of his amended petition for post-conviction relief. He contends that, although his claim of ineffective assistance of trial counsel was litigated in his motion for new trial and on direct appeal, he is nonetheless entitled to post-conviction relief based on new grounds of trial counsel’s alleged ineffectiveness. In addition, he argues that appellate counsel was ineffective for failing to include these new grounds on direct appeal. After review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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