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COLLINS v. STATE

670 S.W.2d 219 (1984)

Dennis Mark COLLINS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE of Tennessee, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

May 29, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John F. Southworth, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Nashville, for defendant-appellant; William M. Leech, Jr., Atty. Gen., of counsel.

William H. Bell, Greeneville, for plaintiff-appellee.

OPINION

BROCK, Justice.

The plaintiff, Dennis Mark Collins, filed this proceeding for post conviction relief from his conviction for second degree murder and sentence of imprisonment for 20 years in the penitentiary. He asserts that he was denied effective assistance of counsel in that his privately retained attorney failed to advise him, following the verdict finding him guilty of second degree murder, that if he desired to appeal and were indigent he could...

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