Legal Opinion

Darrnell Treshawn Wiggins v. State of Tennessee

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided April 30, 2025No. M2024-01329-CCA-R3-PCPublished

1Opinion of the Court

04/30/2025 IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs February 11, 2025 DARRNELL TRESHAWN WIGGINS v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Circuit Court for Maury County No. 2017-CR-26130 Christopher V. Sockwell, Judge No. M2024-01329-CCA-R3-PC The Petitioner, Darrnell Treshawn Wiggins, appeals from the denial of his petition for post-conviction relief challenging his 2019 convictions for second degree murder, first degree felony murder, and kidnapping. The Petitioner argues that he received the ineffective assistance of appellate counsel for failure to…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Cuyler v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
  3. Lockhart v. FretwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
  4. Fields v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 2001
  5. State v. BurnsTennessee Supreme Court · 1999

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