Dwight Randall Walton v. State of Tennessee

In 2012, a Sullivan County jury convicted the Petitioner, Dwight Randall Walton, of four
counts of rape of a child, two counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, and one count of
aggravated sexual battery. For these convictions, he received an effective sentence of fifty
years in the Tennessee Department of Correction. State v. Walton, No. E2014-02319-
CCA-R3-CD, 2015 WL 5554573, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. App. Sept. 21, 2015), no perm. app.
filed. On direct appeal, this court concluded that the evidence was sufficient to support
each conviction, except the aggravated sexual battery conviction. Id. Concluding that the
evidence was insufficient to support the aggravated sexual battery conviction, we reversed
and dismissed that conviction. Thereafter, the Petitioner filed a petition for post-conviction
relief, claiming that he received the ineffective assistance of counsel. The post-conviction
court denied his petition after a hearing. After review, we affirm the post-conviction
court’s judgment.