JOSHUA MICHAEL STEWART v. STATE OF TENNESSEE - Articles

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Posted by: Tanja Trezise on Jan 12, 2021

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Gerald L. Gulley, Jr., Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Joshua Michael Stewart.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Clark B. Thornton, Assistant Attorney General; Charme P. Allen, District Attorney General; and Ashley McDermott, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Court Appealed: WITT

The petitioner, Joshua Michael Stewart, appeals the denial of his petition for postconviction relief, which petition challenged his 2017 Knox County Criminal Court jury convictions of rape of a child and aggravated sexual battery. He argues that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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