Donavan Edward Daniel v. State of Tennessee

Petitioner, Donavan Edward Daniel, filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief alleging, as amended, that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance of counsel by failing (1) to raise the legality of Petitioner’s detention as an issue in his motion to suppress; (2) to demonstrate a particularized need for expert services and timely present the affidavit of the proposed expert to the trial court; and (3) to request a mistrial or curative instruction when two prospective jurors stated during voir dire that they were familiar with Petitioner’s juvenile record and family background.  Following an evidentiary hearing, the post-conviction court denied Petitioner’s request for post-conviction relief. After a thorough review of the record, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.