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JACQUIZ MCBEE v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Jan 28, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jacquiz McBee, Clifton, Tennessee, Pro Se.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Lacy E Wilber, Senior Assistant Attorney General; and Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

A Knox County jury convicted the Petitioner, Jacquiz McBee, of first-degree murder, and the trial court sentenced him to life in prison to be served consecutively to his prior threeyear sentence for aggravated assault. The Petitioner appealed his conviction and sentence, and this court affirmed both. State v. McBee, No. E2021-01048-CCA-R3-CD, 2022 WL 16833562, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Nov. 9, 2022), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Mar. 9, 2023). The Petitioner filed a petition pursuant to the Post-Conviction DNA Analysis Act asking that evidence in his case be tested for DNA and undergo fingerprint analysis. The postconviction court summarily dismissed the petition. The Petitioner appeals, maintaining that the trial court abused its discretion when it denied his petition for fingerprint and DNA analysis of evidence in his case. After review, we affirm the post-conviction court’s judgment.

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