No. 25-54

David Lynn Richards, Jr. v. Tennessee

Lower Court: Tennessee
Docketed: 2025-07-15
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: adoption criminal-procedure due-process ministerial-status sexual-abuse wrongful-conviction
Latest Conference: 2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)

Question not identified.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether a business owner and minister wrongfully convicted of sexually abusing an adopted child can challenge his conviction based on claims of innocence

Docket Entries

2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-07-23
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-07-21
Waiver of right of respondent Tennessee to respond filed.
2025-07-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due August 14, 2025)

Attorneys

David Lynn Richards, Jr.
Stephen Ross JohnsonRitchie, Johnson & Stovall, P.C., Petitioner
Tennessee
Edwin Alan Groves Jr.Tennessee Attorney General and Reporter, Respondent