PRYOR v. STATE


632 S.W.2d 570 (1982)

Prentice PRYOR, Petitioner, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, Nashville.

Permission to Appeal Denied May 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bart Durham, Nashville, for petitioner.

William M. Leech, Jr., State Atty. Gen., John C. Zimmermann, Asst. State Atty. Gen., Nashville, Lawrence Ray Whitley, Dist. Atty. Gen., Gallatin, for respondent.


Permission to Appeal Denied by the Supreme Court May 10, 1982.

OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

Pryor appeals from a dismissal of his petition for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing.

Pryor says he was improperly convicted because the trial judge did not advise him he could represent himself and because his trial counsel was inadequate.

The judgment is affirmed.

Pryor was tried on a charge of rape. On the morning of trial...

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