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RICKY A. DAVIS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 19, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Joshua Hedrick, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Ricky A. Davis.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Katherine C. Redding, Senior Assistant Attorney General, and Abigail H. Hornsby, Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Danielle Jones, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Petitioner, Ricky A. Davis, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, arguing that the post-conviction court erred in denying his claims that trial counsel was ineffective by permitting the jury to hear that he had a prior conviction for causing bodily injury while using or displaying a deadly weapon, failing to challenge the admissibility of testimony that Petitioner had possessed a gun the day before the shooting, and failing to object to the introduction of the key witness’s prior statement to police. Upon review of the entire record, the briefs and oral arguments of the parties, and the applicable law, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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