DARRYL CLAXTON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE - Articles

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Posted by: Karen Belcher on Jul 14, 2022

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Sharon Morales, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Darryl Claxton.

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

Judge(s): WITT

The petitioner, Darryl Claxton, appeals the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, which petition challenged his 2015 Shelby County Criminal Court Jury conviction of first degree murder, arguing that he was deprived of the effective assistance of counsel at trial. Discerning no error, we affirm.

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