Court Hears Post‑Conviction Challenge Over Prior‑conviction Evidence in Ricky Davis Case

May it please the court, Ricky Davis is entitled to post‑conviction relief in this case for three reasons, Joshua Hedrick told the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals during oral argument in Knoxville. Hedrick, counsel for appellant Ricky Davis, said trial counsel was ineffective for allowing the jury to hear that Davis had a prior conviction for causing bodily injury with a deadly weapon, for failing to challenge admissibility of prior gun possession, and for not objecting when a key witness’s prior statement was read into the record.