TAYLOR v. STATE

No. W2012-00760-SC-R11-PC

443 S.W.3d 80 (2014)

Quantel TAYLOR v. STATE of Tennessee.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

August 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marty B. McAfee and Gregory D. Allen (on appeal), Memphis, Tennessee; and S. Jasper Taylor IV (at trial and on appeal), Bells, Tennessee, for the appellant, Quantel Taylor.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; William E. Young , Solicitor General; Jeffrey D. Zentner , Assistant Attorney General; Garry G. Brown , District Attorney General; and Hillary Lawler Parham , Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.


OPINION

GARY R. WADE, C.J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which JANICE M. HOLDER, CORNELIA A. CLARK, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

The petitioner pled guilty to charges of attempted first degree murder, second degree murder, and especially aggravated robbery. Later, he filed a petition for post-conviction relief, claiming that his trial counsel was ineffective and that his guilty pleas were not knowingly and voluntarily made...

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