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DONTAYELL BALFOUR v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jul 28, 2020

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Shae Atkinson, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Dontayell Balfour.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Ronald L. Coleman, Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General; and Melissa Harris, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WOODALL

Petitioner, Dontayelle Balfour, appeals the denial of his post-conviction petition. Petitioner argues that he was denied effective assistance of counsel when his trial counsel failed to adequately consult with him and failed to fully investigate witnesses that Petitioner requested prior to Petitioner’s guilty plea to second degree murder. Following a review of the briefs of the parties and the record, we affirm the judgment of the postconviction court.

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