Calvin Eugene BRYANT v. STATE of Tennessee

OPINION

Cornelia A. Clark, J., filed a separate opinion, concurring as to sections I., II., and III. and dissenting as to section IV. Gary R. Wade, J., filed a separate opinion, concurring in part and dissenting in part as to sections L, II., and IV. and dissenting as to section III., in which Janice M. Holder, J., joined.

In this post-conviction appeal, we address two issues: 1) whether trial counsel provided ineffective representation by failing to request a jury instruction on facilitation as a lesser-included offense; and 2) whether a trial counsel’s failure to request a jury instruction on…