MICHAEL J. SHIPP v. STATE OF TENNESSEE

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT NASHVILLE Assigned on Briefs at Knoxville September 16, 2014 MICHAEL J. SHIPP v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Circuit Court for Maury County No. 20158 Robert L. Jones, Judge No. M2014-00065-CCA-R3-PC - Filed October 29, 2014 Petitioner, Michael J. Shipp, stands convicted of first degree premeditated murder and aggravated robbery and is serving an effective life sentence in the Tennessee Department of Correction. In his post-conviction petition, petitioner claimed that he did not receive effective assistance of counsel at trial because his…