Legal Opinion

Hindman v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee

Decided March 14, 1984PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

The appellant appeals from the dismissal of his post-conviction petition after an evi-dentiary hearing. The appellant sought to have set aside a conviction for armed robbery and a finding he was an habitual criminal.

The appellant claims his counsel was ineffective at trial, on state appeals, and in the federal court on a habeas corpus.

The judgment is affirmed.

*224First, whatever did or did not take place in federal district court is not relevant or cognizable in this proceeding. Second, the appellant claims his lawyer was not competent because he did not make oral argument in…

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. State v. McMullinCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1990
  2. Jonathan Davis v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2001
  3. Michael Todd Drinnon v. State of TennesseeCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2000

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