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SHAZEL v. STATE

966 S.W.2d 414 (1998)

Calvin SHAZEL, Petitioner-Appellee, v. STATE of Tennessee, Respondent-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

April 6, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Katherine J. Kroeger, Office of Public Defender, Clinton, for Petitioner-Appellee.

John Knox Walkup, Attorney General & Reporter, Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General, Gordon W. Smith, Associate Solicitor General, Nashville, Jan Hicks, Assistant District Attorney General, Clinton, for Respondent-Appellant.

OPINION

LYLE REID, Special Judge.

This case presents for review the decision by the Court of Criminal Appeals that the defendant, who absconded and intentionally failed to appear at the hearing on his motion to set aside a plea of guilty, is entitled to post-conviction relief because he was denied effective assistance of counsel. The decision is reversed, and the petition for post-conviction relief...

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