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Prosecutorial Misconduct Claims Properly Brought as Post-Conviction Motion if Timely

Tennessee state prisoner Darrell Wentzel filed a pro se motion for review of his convictions after they were affirmed on direct appeal. His 2001 "motion for extraordinary relief" was treated as a post-conviction petition, and dismissed as statutorily time barred. The dismissal was affirmed on appeal.

Wentzel’s 1996 convictions for ...

 

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