ROBERT ECHOLS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE - Articles

All Content


Posted by: Karen Belcher on Mar 29, 2021

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: T. Joel Williams (at hearing and on appeal), and Robert Brooks (at hearing), Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Robert Echols.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Robert W. Wilson, Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich, District Attorney General; and Leslie R. Byrd, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): THOMAS

The Petitioner, Robert Echols, appeals from the Shelby County Criminal Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. The Petitioner argues that trial counsel was ineffective for advising the Petitioner not to testify at trial and for failing to timely file a motion for new trial. However, because the Petitioner filed an untimely notice of appeal document and the interest of justice does not favor waiver of the timely filing requirement in this case, this appeal is dismissed.

Attachments: