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RONALD P. ELLIS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Jan 25, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: W. Price Rudolph, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Ronald P. Ellis.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Raymond J. Lepone, Assistant Attorney General; Steven J. Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Stacy McEndree, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): EASTER

Ronald P. Ellis, Petitioner, sought post-conviction relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel after this Court affirmed his first degree murder conviction. State v. Ellis, No. W2017-01035-CCA-R3-CD, 2018 WL 4584124, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Sept. 21, 2018). The post-conviction court denied relief. Petitioner appealed, arguing that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to include proof in the motion to suppress his statement to authorities about whether Petitioner was brought before a judge or magistrate before making his statement and whether Petitioner’s cognitive abilities prevented him from adequately waiving his rights. Because the evidence does not preponderate against the post-conviction court’s findings and conclusions, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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