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JOHNVONTA SAIN v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jul 22, 2014

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1:

Terita Hewlett Riley, Memphis, Tennessee, for the Appellant, Johnvonta M. Sain.

Attorneys 2:

Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Jeffrey D. Zentner, Assistant Attorney General; D. Michael Dunavant, District Attorney General; and Joe Van Dyke, Assistant District Attorney General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WEDEMEYER

The Petitioner, Johnvonta Sain, pleaded nolo contendere to aggravated assault with an agreed upon sentence of four years, suspended upon time served. The Petitioner filed a petition seeking post-conviction relief on the basis that his plea was involuntary and that he had received the ineffective assistance of counsel. After a hearing, the post-conviction court denied the Petitioner relief. The Petitioner now appeals, maintaining that his guilty plea was involuntary and asserting that the post-conviction court should have recused itself in this matter. After a thorough review of the record, the briefs, and relevant authorities, we affirm the post-conviction court’s judgment.

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