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KEVIN DEWAYNE STINNETT v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jan 5, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Donna Hargrove, District Public Defender; Raven Prean-Morris (on appeal), Assistant Public Defender – Appellate Division; and William J. Harold, Assistant District Public Defender, for the appellant, Kevin Dewayne Stinnett.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; G. Kirby May, Assistant Attorney General; Robert J. Carter, District Attorney General; and William Bottoms, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MONTGOMERY

The Petitioner, Kevin Dewayne Stinnett, appeals from the Marshall County Circuit Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. The Petitioner is serving an effective eighteen-year sentence following his jury trial convictions for multiple drug-related offenses. On appeal, he contends that the post-conviction court erred in denying relief on his ineffective assistance of counsel claims related to trial counsel’s failures to: (1) move for a dismissal for one count of the indictment, (2) object to the State’s introduction of evidence, and (3) request a jury instruction. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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