Kevin D. Buford v. State of Tennessee

Tennessee appellate court (specific court not named in transcript) · August 13, 2025

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Argument opened by appellant counsel; reservation for rebuttal

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Kyle Parks, attorney for appellant Kevin Buford, opened the argument, identified himself, and asked to reserve about five minutes for rebuttal. He summarized the core claim: that a juvenile transferred to adult court received counsel who had never tried a felony and then called the juvenile to testify, eliciting a confession.

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An appellate panel in Tennessee heard arguments over whether defense counsel provided ineffective assistance to Kevin Buford, a juvenile at the time of the charged homicide, after counsel called him to testify and elicited admissions. Judges probed whether the trial record is complete and whether any deficiencies undermined confidence in the verdict under the Postconviction Procedure Act.

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