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DEMARIO QUINTEZ DRIVER v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Aug 22, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jay Umerley, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Demario Quintez Driver.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin L. Barker, Assistant Attorney General; Ray Crouch, Jr., District Attorney General; and Margaret F. Sagi, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Cheatham County jury convicted the Petitioner, Demario Quintez Driver, of rape and coercion of a witness. On appeal, this court affirmed the trial court’s judgments. State v. Driver, No. M2021-00538-CCA-R3-CD, 2022 WL 1284978, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. April 29, 2022), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Sept. 29, 2022). The Petitioner filed a timely post-conviction petition, and after a hearing on the petition, the post-conviction court denied relief. On appeal, the Petitioner maintains that he received the ineffective assistance of counsel at trial and that the cumulative errors of his trial counsel warrant relief. After review, we affirm the post-conviction court’s judgment.

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