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RONNELL BARCLAY v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Tanja Trezise on May 4, 2023

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Shae Atkinson, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Ronnell Barclay.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; Katharine K. Decker, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Steve Mulroy, District Attorney General; and Leslie Byrd, Assistant District Attorney General, for the Appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): HOLLOWAY

Petitioner, Ronnell Barclay, appeals as of right from the Shelby County Criminal Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, wherein he challenged his convictions for rape of a child, aggravated sexual battery, and sexual exploitation of a minor by electronic means. On appeal, Petitioner asserts that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel because counsel (1) did not communicate to Petitioner that the victim made a new disclosure on the first day of trial; (2) failed to request a continuance after the State informed the trial court and Petitioner of the new disclosure; and (3) incorrectly informed Petitioner of his potential exposure at trial as a result of the new disclosure. Following our review, we affirm in part; however, we remand the case to the post-conviction court for further findings of fact and conclusions of law relative to the exposure issue.

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