G'Wayne Williams v. State of Tennessee
Syllabus
The Petitioner, G'wayne Williams, appeals the Lauderdale County Circuit Court's denial of his post-conviction petition, seeking relief from his convictions for three counts of rape of a child, a Class A felony three counts of rape, a Class B felony three counts of statutory rape by an authority figure, a Class C felony six counts of incest, a Class C felony three counts of aggravated statutory rape, a Class D felony and two counts of violating the sex offender registry, a Class E felony, and resulting effective sentence of sixty-four years in confinement. On appeal, the Petitioner contends that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to file a pretrial motion to sever the counts for violating the sex offender registry, which prejudiced the jury, and for failing to make contemporaneous objections and preserve objections to inadmissible evidence in his motion for new trial, which resulted in waiver on direct appeal. Upon review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.
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