Jabari Reynolds v. State of Tennessee

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Jabari Reynolds, Petitioner, was convicted of one count of first degree premeditated murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment. This court affirmed his conviction on direct appeal. State v. Jabari Reynolds, No. E2015-00499-CCA-R3-CD, 2017 WL 936521 (Tenn. Crim. App. Mar. 9, 2017), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Aug. 16, 2017). Petitioner filed a post-conviction petition alleging that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to focus solely on a theory of voluntary manslaughter. The post-conviction court denied his petition, and Petitioner now appeals. Following a thorough review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.