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HARRIS v. STATE

875 S.W.2d 662 (1994)

James D. HARRIS, Appellee, v. STATE of Tennessee, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

April 18, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Thomas Marshall, Office of the Public Defender, Clinton, for appellee.

Charles W. Burson, Atty. Gen. & Reporter, Gordon W. Smith, Nashville, for appellant.

OPINION

O'BRIEN, Justice.

This is an appeal by the State of Tennessee from a Court of Criminal Appeals judgment affirming an order of post-conviction relief for petitioner, James D. Harris. Relief was granted at the trial level upon a determination that defense counsel failed to timely communicate a plea offer to the petitioner. The trial court found that the defense attorneys inaction clearly amounted to ineffective assistance of counsel at the pre-trial...

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