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EDDIE HARRIS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 2, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: J. Jeffrey Lee, Covington, Tennessee, (on appeal and as counsel/elbow counsel at post- conviction hearing); and Eddie Harris, Whiteville, Tennessee, pro se (at post-conviction hearing), for the appellant, Eddie Harris.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; J. Katie Neff, Assistant Attorney General; Steve Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Abby Wallace and Scott Bearup, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): SWORD

The Petitioner, Eddie Harris, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his 2016 convictions of two counts of first degree premeditated murder, two counts of first degree murder in the perpetration of a robbery, and one count of possession of a handgun by a convicted felon. On appeal, the Petitioner argues the post-conviction court erred by failing to find that he received the ineffective assistance of counsel due to trial counsel’s failure to (1) present a witness in support of his defense, (2) cite favorable law during an evidentiary hearing or make an offer of proof following the trial court’s adverse ruling, and (3) object to alleged inconsistencies in the grand jury process. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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