Gant v. State

OPINION

OLIVER, Judge.

Represented in this proceeding by retained counsel, Gant, an inmate of the State Penitentiary where he is serving a life sentence for first degree murder adjudged by the Criminal Court of Davidson County, has duly perfected an appeal to this Court from the judgment of that court dismissing without an evidentiary hearing his post-conviction petition prepared and filed by his present counsel.

Upon their direct appeal to this Court, the convictions of Gant and his co-defendant Holiday were affirmed. Gant v. State, 3 Tenn.Cr.App. 658, 466 S.W.2d 518.

In his petition Gant makes…