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KEJUAN KING v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Nov 13, 2025

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: John P. McNeil, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Kejuan King.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Courtney N. Orr, Deputy Attorney General; Abigail H. Hornsby, Assistant Attorney General; Steven J. Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Monica A. Timmerman, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WILSON

Petitioner, Kejuan King, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, claiming the post-conviction court erred in concluding that he received the effective assistance of trial counsel related to his conviction for second degree murder and his resulting twenty-five-year sentence. Petitioner argues that trial counsel failed to adequately investigate Petitioner’s self-defense claim, failed to effectively present a self-defense theory at trial, and failed to advocate against certain jury instructions. Petitioner further argues that the cumulative effect of trial counsel’s failures amounts to a Sixth Amendment violation. After review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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