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TERESA SUMPTER v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Apr 16, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Gerald S. Green (on appeal) and Kelly Pearson (at evidentiary hearing), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Teresa Sumpter.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin A. Ball, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Steven J. Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Daniel Buchanan, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MONTGOMERY, JR.

The Petitioner, Teresa Sumpter, appeals from the Shelby County Criminal Court’s denial of post-conviction relief from the Petitioner’s convictions for felony theft and money laundering and her effective sixty-year sentence. On appeal, the Petitioner contends that the post-conviction court erred by denying relief on her ineffective assistance of counsel claims. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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