Legal Opinion
Derek Williamson v. State of Tennessee
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided April 14, 2015No. M2014-00183-CCA-R3-PCPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Robert H. Montgomery, Jr., J.,
delivered the opinion of the court,
in which Norma McGee Ogle ánd Camille R. McMullen, JJ., joined.
The Petitioner, Derek Williamson, appeals the Sumner County Criminal Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his conviction for first degree murder and his life sentence. He contends that he received the ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.
Conviction Proceedings
The Petitioner was convicted of the June 18, 2008 first degree premeditated murder of Grady Carter. The evidence at the trial…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Chambers v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Baxter v. RoseTennessee Supreme Court · 1975
- Fields v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
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3Cited by4 opinions
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