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XAVIER YOUNG v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 12, 2026

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Rosalind Elizabeth Brown (on post-conviction and appeal), Memphis, Tennessee; John McNeil (at guilty plea and sentencing), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Xavier Young.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Benjamin A. Ball, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Steven J. Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Samuel D. Winnig, and Caleb Sanders, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): MCMULLEN

The Petitioner, Xavier Young, appeals the Shelby County Criminal Court’s denial of post- conviction relief from his guilty plea to one count of carjacking. The Petitioner argues that he received ineffective assistance of counsel and that his guilty plea was unknowing and involuntary. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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