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Christopher W. Gadsden v. State of Tennessee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided June 30, 2026No. M2025-01313-CCA-R3-PCPublished

1Opinion of the Court

06/30/2026 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs June 16, 2026 CHRISTOPHER W. GADSDEN v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Davidson County No. 2017-B-1186 Steve R. Dozier, Judge ___________________________________ No. M2025-01313-CCA-R3-PC ___________________________________ Christopher W. Gadsden, Petitioner, sought post-conviction relief from his convictions for second-degree murder and theft, claiming that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because an attorney with the Office of the Public Defender of Metropolitan…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Baxter v. RoseTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
  4. Fields v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
  5. Goad v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1996

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