Raymond Denton v. State of Tennessee

The Petitioner, Raymond Denton, appeals the Shelby County Criminal Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, seeking relief from his convictions of aggravated rape, aggravated burglary, and physical abuse of an impaired person and resulting effective ninety-year sentence. On appeal, the Petitioner claims that he received the ineffective assistance of counsel because trial counsel failed to obtain an expert to rebut the State’s expert regarding penetration; failed to object to medical opinions given by the victim’s granddaughter, who was not an expert; and failed to object to the prosecutors’ improper closing arguments. Based upon the record and the parties’ briefs, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.