Legal Opinion
Finch v. State
Tennessee Supreme Court
Decided June 4, 2007PublishedCited by 278 opinions
1Opinion of the Court 1
OPINION
2Opinion of the Court · ClarkCornelia A. Clark, J.
in which WILLIAM M. BARKER, C.J., and JANICE M. HOLDER and GARY R. WADE, JJ., joined.
The Petitioner, Ronnie Finch, was convicted of one count of facilitation of first degree premeditated murder and two counts of facilitation of attempted first degree premeditated murder. In this post-conviction proceeding, the Petitioner contends that his lawyer provided ineffective assistance at trial. We granted this appeal to determine whether counsel was ineffective in failing to object when the trial court erroneously took his motion for judgment of acquittal under advisement and in continuing to…
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