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JOHN DAVID SMARTT v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Karen Belcher on Jun 25, 2024

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Christopher Beauchamp (at post-conviction hearing and on appeal) and G. Jeff Cherry (on appeal), Lebanon, Tennessee, for the appellant, John David Smartt.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Brooke A. Huppenthal, Assistant Attorney General; Chris Stanford, District Attorney General (Assistant District Attorney General at post-conviction hearing), for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): AYERS

Petitioner, John David Smartt, appeals the denial of his post-conviction petition, arguing that the post-conviction court erred in denying his claims that trial counsel was ineffective by failing to prepare him to testify and failing to object to testimony concerning a recorded phone call between the victim (“J.S.”)1 and Petitioner. Following our review of the entire record, oral arguments, and the briefs of the parties, we affirm the judgment of the post- conviction court.

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