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Posted by: Karen Belcher on May 3, 2021

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: J. Colin Rosser, Somerville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Melvin Jackson.

Attorneys 2: Herbert H. Slatery III, Attorney General and Reporter; Jonathan H. Wardle, Assistant Attorney General; Mark E. Davidson, District Attorney General; and Lisa Miller, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): WITT

The petitioner, Melvin Jackson, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, which petition challenged his McNairy County Circuit Court guilty-pleaded convictions of aggravated robbery and unlawful possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, arguing that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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