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GEOFFREY PASCHEL v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 7, 2026

Head Comment: CORRECTED: Geoffrey Paschel v. State of Tennessee – E2025-00491-CCA-R3-PC that was filed earlier this morning. The correction reflects a footnote that was added at the end of the first page of the opinion and is as follows: “This court granted Mr. Gaines’s motion to withdraw on May 4, 2026, before this opinion was filed on May 7, 2026."

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Autumn M. Bowling and Richard L. Gaines, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Geoffrey Paschel.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Katherine C. Redding (at oral argument) and Elizabeth Evan (on brief), Assistant Attorneys General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Heather Ens, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MONTGOMERY

The Petitioner, Geoffrey Paschel, appeals from the Knox County Criminal Court’s dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief from his convictions for aggravated kidnapping, domestic assault, and interference with an emergency call and his eighteen- year sentence. On appeal, he contends that the post-conviction court erred by dismissing the petition that was unverified at the time of filing and, alternatively, that he is entitled to the petition’s reinstatement on the basis of due process and public policy. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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