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DOUGLAS E. ALVEY v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on May 30, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: John Michael Deakins, Dayton, Tennessee (on appeal); Clancy Covert and Lee Ortwein, Chattanooga, Tennessee (at trial), for the appellant, Douglas E. Alvey.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Johnny Cerisano, Assistant Attorney General; Courtney Lynch, District Attorney General; and J. Michael Taylor, David Shinn, and Colin Campbell, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCMULLEN

The Petitioner, Douglas E. Alvey, appeals from the denial of his petition seeking post- conviction relief from his conviction of first degree murder. On appeal, he argues: (1) trial counsel were ineffective in failing to present expert testimony negating the mens rea; and (2) that he did not knowingly understand the nature of his constitutional right to testify at trial. After review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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