State v. Matson

OPINION

DUNCAN, Judge.

After an evidentiary hearing, the trial judge held to be without merit all of petitioner’s claims of ineffective representation of counsel and dismissed the petition for post-conviction relief. We affirm the dismissal.

The petitioner, James H. Matson, was convicted of second degree murder by a Davidson County jury. He was sentenced to twenty (20) years in the penitentiary as a Range I offender. On direct appeal, we affirmed the conviction (State v. James H. Matson, C.C.A. No. 84-196-III (Tenn.Cr.App., Nashville, June 6, 1985)), and the Tennessee Supreme Court denied…