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ÔÔ€#ÔÝ  ÝÒ  ÒÒ ° ÒÑ\R AØ'\ÑÙ€€ÙÓ  ÓÔ€&ÔÑ\R AØ'\ÑßR€'(%A1-j|` ç `€€@ÿRß›Þ ÞÌà@ àò òIN€THE€COURT€OF€CRIMINAL€APPEALS€OF€TENNESSEEÌÌà@ àAT€NASHVILLEÌÌà@ àMARCH€1997€SESSIONÌÌÌÌWILLIAM€ROBERT€CANTRELL,ó óà@ à)Ìà@ à)à àò òNO.€01C01„9605„CC„00224ó óÌà àAppellant,à@ à)Ìà@ à)à àò òRUTHERFORD€COUNTYÌVS.ó óà@ à)Ìà@ à)à àœò òHON.€JAMES€K.€CLAYTON,ÏJR.,ó óÌà@ à)à àò òJUDGE€€€à à›ÌSTATE€OF€TENNESSEE,ó óà@ à)Ìà@ à)à à(Post„Conviction)Ìà àAppellee.à@ à)ÌÌÌÌò òòòFOR€THE€APPELLANTóó:à àà àà àà àòòFOR€THE€APPELLEEóó:ÌÌTUSCA€R.S.€ALEXISà àà àà àà àœJOHN€KNOX€WALKUPó ó›Ì915€Jefferson€Streetà àà àà àà àAttorney€General€and€ReporterÌNashville,€TN€37208Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àà àò òDARYL€J.€BRANDó óÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àAssistant€Attorney€GeneralÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà à450€James€Robertson€ParkwayÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àNashville,€TN€37243„0493ÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àò òWILLIAM€C.€WHITESELL,ÏJR.ó óÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àDistrict€Attorney€GeneralÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àRutherford€Co.€Judicial€BuildingÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àSuite€303Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àà àMurfreesboro,€TN€37130ÌÌÌÌœò òÌÌÌÌOPINION›€FILED:€òò€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€óóÌÌÌAFFIRMEDÌÌÌJOE€G.€RILEY,ÌJUDGEÇÑ7€UXXdìXXdì7ÑÓÓà@ àòòOPINIONóóó óÌÌà àThe€appellant,€William€Robert€Cantrell,€appeals€the€dismissal€of€hisÏpetition€for€post„conviction€relief€filed€in€the€Circuit€Court€of€Rutherford€County.€ÏCantrell€is€presently€serving€an€effective€sentence€of€fifteen€(15)€years€followingÏhis€guilty€pleas€in€1990€to€the€offenses€of€aggravated€œkidnapping,›€aggravatedÏrape€and€robbery€with€a€deadly€œweapon.€€In€his€post„conviction€petition€heÏseeks€to€set€aside€the€guilty€pleas€based€upon€ineffective€assistance€of€counsel.›€ÏAfter€a€hearing,€the€trial€court€dismissed€the€œpetition.›€€We€affirm€the€judgment€ofÏthe€trial€court.ÌÌà@ àò òIó óÌÌà àIn€1990,€Cantrell€entered€pleas€of€guilty€to€aggravated€œkidnapping,›Ïaggravated€rape€and€robbery€with€a€deadly€weapon.€€The€trial€court€sentencedÏhim€to€fifteen€(15)€years€each€for€the€offenses€of€aggravated€œkidnapping›€andÏaggravated€rape€and€eight€(8)€years€for€robbery€with€a€deadly€weapon.€€TheÏsentences€were€ordered€to€run€concurrently.€€No€appeal€as€of€right€was€takenÏfrom€œthe›€judgments€œof›€œconviction.›Ìà àThereafter,€Cantrell€filed€a€petition€for€post„conviction€relief.€€A€hearingÏwas€held€on€the€petition€on€June€24,€1991.€€The€trial€court€took€the€matter€underÏadvisement€and€subsequently€denied€post„conviction€relief.€€No€appeal€wasÏœtaken€from›€the€trial€courtððs€dismissal€of€the€œpetition€at€that€time.›Ìà àIn€March€1994,€Cantrell€filed€a€second€petition€for€post„conviction€relief.€ÏIn€this€petition,€he€sought€a€delayed€appeal€from€the€trial€courtððs€dismissal€of€hisÏfirst€petition€for€post„conviction€relief.€€The€trial€court€denied€the€second€petitionÏœand€this›€Court€affirmed€that€œdecision.›€€òòWilliam€Robert€Cantrell€v.€Stateóó,€C.C.A.ÏNo.€01C01„9408„CC„00289€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€filed€June€29,€1995,€atÏNashville).Ìà àCantrell€then€filed€for€permission€to€appeal€to€the€Tennessee€SupremeÏCourt.€€On€œOctober›€30,€1995,€the€Supreme€Court€entered€an€order€granting€theÏapplication€for€permission€to€appeal,€ÌÓÓà8 à€.€.€.€for€the€limited€purpose€of€remanding€the€case€to€the€trial€courtÏfor€an€evidentiary€hearing€on€the€issue€of€whether€petitioner€wasÏdenied€a€first€tier€appeal€of€his€original€post„conviction€petition€asÏa€result€of€inaction€on€the€part€of€a€state€agency.ÌÌà8 àœà àIf›€the€trial€court€finds€that€an€appeal€was€denied,€an€appealÏshall€be€granted.€€In€the€alternative,€the€court€may€grant€a€newÏhearing€on€the€post„conviction,€from€which€petitioner€shall€beÏentitled€to€a€first€tier€appeal.ÌÌÓÓà àOn€remand,€the€trial€court€granted€Cantrell€a€delayed€appeal€on€theÏdenial€of€his€original€petition€for€post„conviction€relief.€€Pursuant€to€this€order,ÏCantrell€now€appeals.Ìà àOn€appeal,€Cantrell€alleges€ineffective€assistance€of€counsel€when€heÏentered€pleas€of€guilty€to€the€offenses€of€aggravated€œkidnapping,›€aggravatedÏrape€and€robbery€with€a€deadly€weapon.€€He€claims€that€trial€counsel€œasked›€himÏœto€sign›€the€plea€agreement€without€reading€it€to€him€or€explaining€it€to€him.€€HeÏasserts€that€he€cannot€read€and€could€not€have€understood€the€implications€ofÏthe€plea€agreement.€€He€further€argues€that€trial€counsel€misled€him€intoÍbelieving€that€he€would€receive€a€total€œsentence€of›€five€years€if€he€pled€guilty.€ÏAdditionally,€he€claims€that€trial€counsel€instructed€him€to€say€ð ðyesðð€to€whateverÏquestions€the€trial€judge€asked€him€during€the€guilty€plea€proceedings.€ÏTherefore,€Cantrell€argues€that€his€guilty€pleas€were€not€knowingly€andÏvoluntarily€given.ÌÌà@ àò òIIó óÌÌà àInitially,€we€must€note€that€the€record€is€œindeed€sparse.›€€The€original€post„conviction€petition€œis›€not€included€in€the€record,€nor€œis›€the€order€denying€theÏpetition.€€At€the€post„conviction€œhearing,›€the€trial€judge€ordered€that€a€transcriptÏof€the€guilty€plea€proceedings€be€prepared,€but€that€transcript€œis›€also€œabsentÏfrom›€the€record€before€us.Ìà àIt€is€the€duty€of€the€appellant€to€prepare€an€adequate€record€for€appellateÏreview.€€T.R.A.P.€24.€€In€òòState€v.€Ballardóó,€855€S.W.2d€557€(Tenn.€1993),€theÏSupreme€Court€œstated›€that:ÌÓÓà8 àœà àWhen€a€party€seeks€appellate€review[,]€there€is€a€duty€toÏprepare€a€record€which€conveys€a€fair,€accurate€and€completeÏaccount€of€what€transpired€with€respect€to€the€issues€forming€theÏbasis€of€the€appeal.€òòState€v.€Bunchóó,€646€S.W.2d€158,€160Ï(Tenn.1983).€Where€the€record€is€incomplete€and€does€not€containÏa€transcript€of€the€proceedings€relevant€to€an€issue€presented€forÏreview,€or€portions€of€the€record€upon€which€the€party€relies,€anÏappellate€court€is€precluded€from€considering€the€issue.€òòState€v.ÏRobertsóó,€755€S.W.2d€833,€836€(Tenn.Cr[im].App.1988).€Absent€theÏnecessary€relevant€material€in€the€record€an€appellate€courtÏcannot€consider€the€merits€of€an€issue.€òòSeeóó€T.R.A.P.€24(b).Ì›ÌÓÓòòIdóó.€at€œ560„61;›€òòsee€alsoóó€òòState€v.€Utleyóó,€928€S.W.2d€448,€453€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.Í1995);€òòState€v.€Careyóó,€914€S.W.2d€93,€97€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1995).Ìà àIn€the€absence€of€an€adequate€record€on€appeal,€this€Court€mustÏpresume€that€the€trial€courtððs€rulings€œare›€supported€by€sufficient€evidence.€€òòStateÏv.€Oodyóó,€823€S.W.2d€554,€559€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1991).€€Because€the€record€isÏincomplete,€our€Court€œpresumes›€that€the€trial€courtððs€dismissal€of€Cantrellððs€post„conviction€petition€was€correct.€€òòState€v.€Smithóó,€891€S.W.2d€922,€932€(Tenn.ÏCrim.€App.€1994).ÌÌà@ àò òIIIó óÌÌà àLooking€at€the€œtranscript€of€the€post„conviction€hearing,€which€is€the€only›Ïactual€evidence€œin€the€record,›€Cantrellððs€argument€has€no€merit.€€The€test€inÏTennessee€in€determining€whether€counsel€provided€effective€assistance€at€trialÏis€whether€œthe›€performance€was€within€the€range€of€competence€demanded€ofÏattorneys€in€criminal€cases.€€òòBaxter€v.€Roseóó,€523€S.W.2d€930,€936€(Tenn.€1975).€ÏòòStrickland€v.€Washingtonóó,€466€U.S.€668,€104€S.Ct.€2052,€80€L.Ed.€2d€674Ï(1984),€provides€a€two„prong€analysis€when€a€petitioner€claims€ineffectiveÏassistance€of€counsel.€€The€petitioner€has€the€burden€to€prove€that€(1)€theÏattorneyððs€performance€was€deficient,€and€(2)€the€deficient€performance€resultedÏin€prejudice€to€the€defendant€so€as€to€deprive€him€of€a€fair€trial.€€òòIdóó.€at€687,€104ÏS.Ct.€at€2064.€€In€order€to€prove€prejudice€in€the€context€of€a€guilty€plea,€theÏpetitioner€must€demonstrate€ð ðthat€there€is€a€reasonable€probability€that,€but€forÏcounselððs€errors,€he€would€not€have€pleaded€guilty€and€would€have€insisted€onÍgoing€to€trial.ðð€€òòHill€v.€Lockhartóó,€474€U.S.€52,€58„59,€106€S.Ct.€366,€370,€88ÏL.Ed.2d€203€(1985);€òòsee€óóòòBailey€v.€Stateóó,€924€S.W.2d€918,€919€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.Ï1995);€òòWade€v.€Stateóó,€914€S.W.2d€97,€101€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1995).Ìà àIn€the€present€case,€Cantrell€has€not€demonstrated€prejudice.€€AlthoughÏhe€cannot€read,€Cantrell€testified€at€the€post„conviction€hearing€that€he€couldÏread€the€ð ð15€yearsðð€on€the€plea€agreement€that€he€signed.€€He€rememberedÏhearing€the€trial€judge€tell€him€that€he€would€be€receiving€a€sentence€of€fifteenÏyears.€€Additionally,€he€admitted€that€he€previously€pled€guilty€to€other€offensesÏon€at€least€five€occasions.€€Therefore,€he€was€aware€of€the€questions€that€wouldÏbe€asked€during€the€proceedings€and€the€implications€of€entering€a€plea€ofÏguilty.ÌÌà@ àò òIVó óÌÌà àIn€a€post„conviction€proceeding,€the€burden€is€on€the€petitioner€to€proveÏby€a€preponderance€of€the€evidence€the€allegations€in€the€petition.€€òòDavis€v.ÏStateóó,€912€S.W.2d€689,€697€(Tenn.€1995).€€The€evidence€at€the€post„convictionÏhearing€does€not€preponderate€against€the€trial€judgeððs€finding€that€Cantrell€wasÏnot€entitled€to€relief.€€Furthermore,€he€did€not€provide€this€Court€with€anÏadequate€record€to€conduct€a€meaningful€review€of€the€trial€courtððs€dismissal€ofÏthe€petition.€€Accordingly,€the€judgment€of€the€trial€court€is€affirmed.ÌÌÌÓÓà àà àà àà àà àà àà àòò€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€óóÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àò òJOE€G.€RILEY,€œJUDGEÇCONCUR:›ÌÌÌÌÌÌòò€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€óóÌJOSEPH€M.€TIPTON,€JUDGEÌÌÌÌÌÌòò€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€€óóÌTHOMAS€T.€WOODALL,€JUDGEó ó