Charles A. Walker v. State of Tennessee

A Montgomery County jury convicted the Petitioner, Charles A. Walker, of two counts of rape of a child and one count of aggravated sexual battery, and the trial court sentenced him to an effective sentence of twenty-eight years, at 100%, in the Tennessee Department of Correction. The Petitioner appealed his convictions, and this Court affirmed his two rape of a child convictions but reversed and remanded for a new trial the aggravated sexual battery conviction. State v. Charles A. Walker, No. M2005-00165-CCA-R3-CD, 2006 WL 3313651, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App., at Nashville, Nov. 15, 2006), perm. app. denied (Tenn. Mar. 12, 2007). The Petitioner filed a petition for post-conviction relief, in which he alleged he received the ineffective assistance of counsel. After a hearing, the post-conviction court dismissed the petition. On appeal, the Petitioner contends that: (1) his trial counsel was ineffective; (2) the prosecutor committed several acts of prosecutorial misconduct at trial; (3) his convictions should be reversed based upon “cumulative error and bias”; and (4) his sentencing was illegal. After careful review, we affirm the post-conviction court’s judgment.