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JACQUET MOORE v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 5, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Claiborne H. Ferguson and John P. McNeil, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Jacquet Moore.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; G. Kirby May, Assistant Attorney General; Steven J. Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Nicole Germain and Monica Timmerman, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HIXSON

The Petitioner, Jacquet Moore, appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his underlying conviction for aggravated rape. On appeal, the Petitioner maintains that he received ineffective assistance of counsel based on trial counsel’s failure to (1) perform adequate investigation in preparation for trial, including seeking funds for investigative services, and (2) effectively impeach the victim on cross-examination. As a preliminary matter, we remanded the case to the post-conviction court for the entry of an amended order to include sufficient findings of fact and conclusions of law on these two issues. After our review of the amended order, as well as the issues presented by the parties and the record on appeal, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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