WILLIAMS v. STATE


599 S.W.2d 276 (1980)

Leroy WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.

Permission to Appeal Denied March 17, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe B. Jones, Danny T. Ferguson, Asst. Public Defenders, Memphis, for appellant.

William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., Jennifer Helton Small, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jack E. Seaman, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Memphis, for appellee.


Permission to Appeal Denied by Supreme Court March 17, 1980.

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

In this post-conviction proceeding the petitioner contends that he was denied his constitutionally guaranteed right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial.

As previously summarized by this court in an opinion affirming Williams' conviction on direct appeal, the facts are relatively simple:

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