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BEST v. STATE

708 S.W.2d 421 (1985)

Garland BEST, Appellant, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

Permission to Appeal Denied March 3, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon Chalmers Thompson, Madisonville, for appellant.

W.J. Michael Cody, State Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Albert L. Partee, III, Asst. State Atty. Gen., Nashville, Carroll L. Ross, Asst. Dist. Atty. Gen., Madisonville, for appellee.

Permission to Appeal Denied By Supreme Court March 3, 1986.

OPINION

BYERS, Judge.

The appellant appeals from the dismissal of a petition for post-conviction relief after an evidentiary hearing.

The appellant says he was represented by incompetent counsel in the convicting trial, and says in the hearing he should have been able to call his trial attorney as a hostile witness under the adverse party rule in Tenn.R.Civ.P. 43.02.

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