Johnny L. Heitz v. State of Tennessee

IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE AT KNOXVILLE Assigned on Briefs April 23, 2013 JOHNNY L. HEITZ v. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appeal from the Criminal Court for Sullivan County No. C57965 Robert H. Montgomery, Jr., Judge No. E2012-01171-CCA-R3-PC - Filed September 5, 2013 The Petitioner, Johnny L. Heitz, appeals the Sullivan County Criminal Court’s denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his aggravated kidnapping conviction and resulting thirty-year sentence. He contends that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to object to two statements made by…