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CHRISTOPHER BASSETT v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Feb 27, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Daniel L. Bell, Knoxville, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Christopher Bassett.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Katherine C. Redding, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Charme Allen, District Attorney General; and Ta Kisha Fitzgerald, Assistant District Attorney General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MONTGOMERY

The Petitioner, Christopher Bassett, appeals from the Knox County Criminal Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his convictions for one count of first degree murder; five counts of attempted first degree murder; three counts of attempted second degree murder; two counts of unlawful possession of a firearm; eight counts of employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony; and eight counts of employing a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony having been convicted of a drug offense, and his effective sentence of life plus thirty-five years. The Petitioner alleges that the post-conviction court erred by denying relief on his ineffective assistance of counsel claims. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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