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WILLIAM ROLANDUS KEEL v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

Posted by: Barry Kolar on Jun 7, 2023

Court: TN Court of Criminal Appeals

Attorneys 1: Daniel J. Murphy, Lewisburg, Tennessee, (on appeal and at hearing), for the appellant, William Rolandus Keel.

Attorneys 2: Jonathan Skrmetti, Attorney General and Reporter; T. Austin Watkins, Senior Assistant Attorney General; Glenn R. Funk, District Attorney General; and Chad Butler, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

Judge(s): CAMPBELL

The Petitioner, William Rolandus Keel, appeals the denial of his petition for post- conviction relief from his convictions for two counts of rape of a child, arguing that the post-conviction court erred in not admitting relevant evidence consisting of a recorded phone call (“Phone Call Recording” or “recording”) between the victim and her mother, in limiting the Petitioner’s testimony at the remand evidentiary hearing, in finding that the Petitioner received the effective assistance of counsel, and in denying post-conviction relief when the Petitioner is “one hundred percent innocent and [was] wrongfully convicted.” Based on our review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

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