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SANTORY ALEXANDER JOHNSON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Mar 24, 2026

Head Comment: CORRECTION: Page 5, in the sentence beginning “In January 2023,” footnote 7 needs to be deleted. That should automatically renumber the rest of the footnotes correctly. Page 13, the Smith v. State citation needs a page number and pincite as well as a space in the parenthetical between the issuing court and the date the opinion was issued. It should read Smith v. State, 357 S.W.3d 322, 358 (Tenn. 2011).

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Cameron Price, Chattanooga, Tennessee, for the appellant, Santory Alexander Johnson.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Caroline Weldon, Assistant Attorney General; Coty Wamp, District Attorney General; and Paul O. Moyle, IV, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): SWORD

The Petitioner, Santory Alexander Johnson, appeals from the Hamilton County Criminal Court’s dismissal of his untimely petition for post-conviction relief. On appeal, the Petitioner argues that the post-conviction court erred by (1) finding he forfeited his right to counsel and requiring him to proceed pro se and (2) finding due process did not require the tolling of the statute of limitations. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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