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KENNETH GEORGE ARNOLD v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 10, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Brandy Lachelle Spurgin-Floyd, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, Kenneth George Arnold.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Katherine C. Redding, Assistant Attorney General; Coty Wamp, District Attorney General; and P. Andrew Coyle, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MONTGOMERY

The Petitioner, Kenneth George Arnold, appeals from the Hamilton County Criminal Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his convictions for rape, aggravated sexual battery, and sexual battery by an authority figure, for which he is serving an effective thirteen-year sentence. On appeal, he contends that the post-conviction court erred in denying relief on his claims that he received the ineffective assistance of pretrial, trial, and appellate counsel and that relief was required due to the cumulative effect of multiple instances of deficient performance by his attorneys in the conviction proceedings. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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