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KEJUAN KING v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 5, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: John McNeil, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Kejuan King.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Abigail. H. Hornsby, Assistant Attorney General; Steven J. Mulroy, District Attorney General; Monica Timmerman, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WILSON

Petitioner, Kejuan King, appeals the post-conviction court’s denial of his petition for post- conviction relief in which he challenged his second degree murder conviction for which he received a sentence of twenty-five years’ incarceration. Petitioner asserts that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to effectively cross-examine witnesses, investigate prior altercations and present evidence thereof, and argue for proper jury instructions. After review, we remand this case to the post-conviction court for entry of a written order that sufficiently addresses all grounds presented by Petitioner and states the court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law regarding each ground as required by Tennessee Code Annotated section 40-30-111(b).

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