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DEAN v. STATE

59 S.W.3d 663 (2001)

Fred Edmond DEAN a/k/a Omawali Ashanti Shabazz v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Knoxville.

October 30, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Gaines, Knoxville, TN, for the appellee, Fred Edmond Dean.

Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Mark E. Davidson, Assistant Attorney General; Greeley Wells, District Attorney General; and Barry Staubus, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellant, State of Tennessee.

OPINION

E. RILEY ANDERSON, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which FRANK F. DROWOTA, III, C.J., and ADOLPHO A. BIRCH, JR., JANICE M. HOLDER and WILLIAM M. BARKER, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to determine whether the petitioner properly raised a claim of ineffective assistance of counsel in a post-conviction proceeding when it was based upon the failure of defense counsel to object to or appeal the trial court's

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