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FIELDS v. STATE

40 S.W.3d 450 (2001)

Jehiel FIELDS v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

February 20, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James F. Logan, Jr., Cleveland, TN, for the appellant, Jehiel Fields.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Elizabeth B. Marney, Assistant Attorney General, Nashville, TN, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

BARKER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which ANDERSON, C.J., and DROWOTA, BIRCH, and HOLDER, JJ., joined.

The sole issue in this appeal is whether our decision in State v. Burns, 6 S.W.3d 453 (Tenn.1999), changed the standard by which appellate courts review denials of post-conviction relief based on allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel...

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