Jordan v. State

In this post-conviction relief (PCR) case, the Court issued a writ of certiorari to review the denial of Petitioner Richard G. Jordan’s application for relief. The PCR court dismissed Petitioner’s PCR application, finding Petitioner failed to establish trial counsel had an actual conflict of interest. We reverse and remand to the court of general sessions for a new trial.

I

In September 2003, a confidential informant notified law enforcement that Cynthia Summers, Petitioner’s then-girlfriend, was manufacturing methamphetamine in a camper in Richland County. The informant did not give an address…