Kevin Wilkins v. State of Tennessee

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT JACKSON Assigned on Briefs May 8, 2007 KEVIN WILKINS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County No. P-25953 John P. Colton, Jr., Judge No. W2006-00639-CCA-R3-PC - Filed April 18, 2008 The petitioner, Kevin Wilkins, filed in the Shelby County Criminal Court a petition for post- conviction relief, challenging trial counsel’s failure to appeal the petitioner’s conviction for especially aggravated kidnapping. The post-conviction court granted the petitioner post-conviction relief, and the State appeals. Upon our…