Carlos Cornwell v. State of Tennessee

12/01/2017 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE February 23, 2017 Session CARLOS CORNWELL v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Knox County No. 101725 Steven W. Sword, Judge No. E2016-00236-CCA-R3-PC The Petitioner, Carlos Cornwell, appeals as of right from the Knox County Criminal Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. The Petitioner contends (1) that he was denied his right to a competent and impartial trial judge, “resulting in structural constitutional error,” due to the presiding trial judge’s out-of-court misconduct during the…