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· 9/12/2018

Richard Bryant Long v. State of Tennessee

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The petitioner, Richard Bryant Long, appeals the denial of his post-conviction petition, arguing the post-conviction court erred in finding he received effective assistance of counsel at trial. Following our review, we affirm the denial of the petition.

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  • indicating that circumstances for determining reasonable sus- picion include nature of area and time of day during which suspicious activity occurred
  • recognizing Fourth Amendment reasonable suspicion and probable cause determinations both involve consideration of totality of circumstances
  • to obtain new trial based on newly discovered evidence, defendant must show that new evidence could not with reasonable diligence have been discovered and produced at trial and that evidence is so substantial that different result may have occurred

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Judges: Judge J. Ross Dyer

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