Dwayne Scott Franklin v. State of Tennessee

A Marshall County jury convicted the Petitioner, Dwayne Scott Franklin, of three counts of rape of a child, for which he received an effective sentence of sixty years imprisonment. See State v. Dewayne Scott Franklin, No. M2017-00180-CCA-R3-CD, 2018 WL 1100962 (Tenn. Crim. App. Feb. 27, 2018). The Petitioner subsequently filed a petition for post-conviction relief alleging that lead counsel and co-counsel were ineffective in failing to call the Petitioner’s girlfriend as a witness at trial, in failing to request a bill of particulars, and in failing to request a formal election of offenses. Following a hearing, the post-conviction court denied relief, and the Petitioner now appeals. Upon our review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.