Harris v. State

OPINION

O’BRIEN, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Tennessee from a Court of Criminal Appeals judgment affirming an order of post-conviction relief for petitioner, James D. Harris. Relief was granted at the trial level upon a determination that defense counsel failed to timely communicate a plea offer to the petitioner. The trial court found that the defense attorneys inaction clearly amounted to ineffective assistance of counsel at the pre-trial stage of the criminal proceedings. After an eviden-tiary hearing the conviction was vacated and the post-conviction judge ordered the State…