Legal Opinion
State v. Townes
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided August 18, 2000No. W1999-01126-CCA-R3-CDPublishedCited by 42 opinions
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2Opinion of the Court · WittWitt, J.
in which SMITH and WEDEMEYER, JJ., joined.
The trial court dismissed the petitioner’s post-conviction relief petition, based upon its findings that trial counsel rendered effective assistance and that the other grounds for relief had been waived or previously determined. On appeal, the record supports the trial court’s judgment, and we affirm.
The petitioner, Lee Russell Townes, appeals the Carroll County Circuit Court’s dismissal of his July 20, 1998 petition for post-conviction relief. The petition challenged his Carroll County Circuit Court jury convictions of theft, burglary, and…
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