Baldomero Galindo v. State of Tennessee

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Petitioner, Baldomero Galindo, appeals as of right from the Knox County Criminal Court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, wherein he challenged his conviction for first degree murder, for which he received a life sentence. On appeal, Petitioner contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel based upon trial counsel's failure to raise a claim of self-defense and his failure to call a witness to testify after learning that the witness failed a polygraph examination. Following a thorough review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.