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($$   1  ..' dxdP Pd !$  +"  %%   YYY FILED%X July16,1997CecilCrowson,Jr.%AppellateCourtClerk PtPtHH(FG(HH(d'hStyl{WP}01  HH  2$HH  Geneva  <Px443!#4$*$$*$ KK  Geneva  Geneva .,6 Geneva   h HD: Geneva  h HD: Geneva ! . $  ݛ 4   4   \RA'\ќ %\RA'\ћ  INTHECOURTOFCRIMINALAPPEALSOFTENNESSEE̜*R(/'A1-j|`  `@Rߛ ` XDpX     Q ATJACKSON` XDpXӀ   Q JUNE1997SESSION   ` D ` cJEFFERYD.YATES, ) `  c  )C.C.A.No.02C019608CR00276 Appellant, )  )ShelbyCountyV. )  )HonorableBernieWeinman,Judge   ) STATEOFTENNESSEE,  )(PostConviction:IneffectiveAssistance  )ofCounsel) Appellee. )` FORTHEAPPELLANT: FORTHEAPPELLEE:ACWharton,Jr. CharlesW.Burson̜ShelbyCountyPublicDefender AttorneyGeneral&ReporterOnAppeal SarahM.BranchWalkerGwinn CounselfortheStateAssistantPublicDefender 450JamesRobertsonParkway Nashville,TN372430493AtTrial DonnaArmstard WilliamL.GibbonsAssistantPublicDefender DistrictAttorneyGeneralCriminalJusticeComplex201Poplar,Suite201 ReginaldHendersonMemphis,TN38103 AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral CriminalJusticeComplex 201Poplar,Suite301 Memphis,TN38103OPINIONFILED:___________________ AFFIRMED PAULG.SUMMERS, Judge  7XXdXXd7   ` p   Q OPINION  `  p Theappellant,JefferyD.Yates,wasconvictedbyajuryofespeciallyaggravatedkidnapping,aggravatedkidnapping,andattemptedaggravatedrobbery.Hewassentencedtoeighteenyearsfortheespeciallyaggravatedkidnapping,tenyearsfortheaggravatedkidnapping,andfiveyearsfortheattemptedaggravatedrobbery.Hissentencesaretobeservedconcurrently.Theappellantfiledaprosepetitionforpostconvictionreliefallegingineffectiveassistanceofcounsel,andthenhisappointedattorneyfiledanamendedpetitionforpostconvictionrelief.Also,asecondproseamendedpetitionwasfiledwiththecourt.Thetrialcourtdeniedtheappellantreliefatapostconvictionhearing.Weaffirm. Onappeal,theappellantarguesthathewasdeniedeffectivecounselbecausehisattorneyfailedtoproperlyinvestigatehiscaseorpreparefortrial.Becausetheappellantwasajuvenileatthetimeofthecrimes,hereceivedahearinginJuvenileCourtbeforebeingtransferredtoCriminalCourt.Theappellantclaimedthatnowitnessidentifiedhimatthehearing;andhadhisattorneyrequestedatranscriptofthishearingorhadhelistenedtothetapeofthehearing,theappellantwouldhavebeenacquittedofthecharges.Also,theappellantallegesthathisattorneywasineffectiveforfailingtovisitthesceneofthecrime. Thestatearguesthattheappellantsattorneywaseffective.Thestatecontendsthattheappellanthasnotshownhowhisattorneysfailuretoobtainthetranscriptofthetransferhearingprejudicedhiscase,havingfailedhimselftopresentacopyofthistranscriptduringhispostconvictionhearingandhavingfailedtoshowhowthistranscriptwouldresultinhisacquittal. 4     Withregardtotheappellantsargument,theappellantsattorneytestifiedthathediscussedthejuvenilecourttransferhearingwiththeappellant.Also,theattorneystatedthatheinterviewedthestateswitnessesandtheappellantsgirlfriendonceortwicebeforetrial;andhestatedthathetoldtheappellantthathiscodefendantstestimonyattrialwouldbedamagingtotheappellant.Theattorneydeniedthattheappellantgavehimthenamesofanyotherpossiblewitnesses.Furthermore,theattorneytestifiedatthepostconvictionhearingthathewasfullypreparedfortrial,havingdiscussedthecasewiththeappellantonseveraloccasionsbeforetrialandhavingdiscussedtheindictmentsandpossiblerangesofpunishmentwithhimaswell.Theattorneyexplainedthathedidnotfileanypretrialmotionsbecausetherewasanopenfileregardingdiscoveryinthecase. 4    TheappellantsattorneyreviewedthepsychiatricexaminationoftheappellantthatwascompletedinJanuary1992.Becausethatexaminationdeterminedthattheappellantwascompetenttostandtrial,theattorneydidnotorderanotherexamination.Althoughtheappellantsattorneyobtainedasettlementofferwhichincludedafiveyearconcurrentsentence,thejudgewouldnotacceptthepleabecausetheappellanttestifiedthathewasnotguilty. Tobegrantedreliefonthegroundofineffectiveassistanceofcounsel,anappellantmustestablishthattheadvicegivenortheservicesrenderedwerenotwithinthecompetencedemandedofattorneysincriminalcasesandthat,butforcounselsdeficientperformance,theresultofhisorhertrialwouldhavebeendifferent.Stricklandv.Washington,466U.S.668(1984).InTennessee,theappropriatetestiswhethercounselsperformancewaswithintherangeofcompetencedemandedofattorneysincriminalcases.Baxterv.Rose,523S.W.2d930,936(Tenn.1975). Inpostconvictionproceedings,petitionersbeartheburdenofprovingtheirallegationsbyapreponderanceoftheevidence.Blackv.State,794S.W.2d752,755(Tenn.Crim.App.1990);McBeev.State,655S.W.2d191,195(Tenn.Crim.App.1983).Furthermore,thetrialcourtsfindingsoffactinpostconvictionhearingsareconclusiveonappealunlesstheevidencepreponderatesagainstthosefindings.Butlerv.State,789S.W.2d898,899(Tenn.1990);Statev.Buford,666S.W.2d473,475(Tenn.Crim.App.1983);Clennyv.State,576S.W.2d12,14(Tenn.Crim.App.1978). ThisCourtfindsthattheappellanthasfailedtocarrytheburdenofestablishingthathisattorneywasineffective.Becausetheevidencedoesnotpreponderateagainstthehearingcourtsfindings,weaffirmthatcourtsjudgment.`  pӜ̛̛  Q  _____________________________  Q  PAULG.SUMMERS,JudgeCONCUR:____________________________DAVIDH.WELLES,Judge____________________________̜JOEG.RILEY,Judge    `  p