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JEFFERY D. STRONG v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Apr 27, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Jeffrey N. Kuykendall, Nashville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jeffery D. Strong.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Park Huff, Assistant Attorney General; and Jason L. Lawson, District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): GREENHOLTZ

A Macon County jury convicted the Petitioner, Jeffery D. Strong, of selling dihydrocodeinone, a Schedule III controlled substance. The Petitioner later filed a petition for post-conviction relief, alleging that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by (1) failing to object to the admission of the audio recording of the drug transaction; and (2) failing to raise the recording’s admission as an error in the motion for a new trial. The post- conviction court denied relief, and the Petitioner now appeals. In addition to his ineffective assistance claim, the Petitioner also contends on appeal that the post-conviction court erred by failing to resolve the question of pretrial jail credits owed to him. Upon our review, we respectfully affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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