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ÐÌòòóóÔ#†¼E»XXá #ÔÓ  ÓÔ€XáX»¼EÔà  àThis€case€relates€to€cocaine€that€was€found€in€the€petitionerððs€apartment.€€The€petitioner€pledÐ $P# Ðguilty€to€possession€of€three€hundred€grams€or€more€of€cocaine€with€intent€to€distribute,€a€Class€AÐ ì$< $ Ðfelony.€€The€state€presented€the€facts€at€the€guilty€plea€hearing.€€On€April€14,€1999,€the€petitionerððsÐ Ø%(!% Ðapartment€complex€manager€and€a€maintenance€man€went€to€the€petitionerððs€apartment€to€inspectÐ Ä&"& Ðthe€floor€in€the€kitchen.€€The€petitioner€had€complained€to€the€manager€that€some€recently€replacedÐ °'#' Ðtile€had€not€been€installed€properly.€€While€inspecting€the€floor,€the€manager€and€the€maintenanceÐ œ(ì#( Ðman€found€cocaine€hidden€in€a€space€at€the€base€of€the€kitchen€cabinets.€€They€took€two€bags€ofÐ ˆ)Ø$) Ðcocaine€from€the€apartment€and€gave€them€to€a€police€officer,€who€was€working€as€a€security€guardÐ t*Ä%* Ðfor€the€apartment€complex.€€The€two€bags€contained€nine€hundred€sixty„six€grams€of€cocaine.€Ð `+°&+ Ðâ âPursuant€to€a€search€warrant,€the€police€searched€the€petitionerððs€apartment€and€found€scales,Ð L,œ',ý ÐÔ_Ôbeakers,€a€bullet€proof€vest,€and€a€weapon.€€On€December€13,€1999,€the€petitioner€pled€guilty€toÐ ° Ðpossession€of€three€hundred€grams€or€more€of€cocaine€with€intent€to€distribute.Ð œì Ðâ âÌà  àAt€the€hearing€for€post„conviction€relief,€the€petitioner€testified€that€he€told€his€trial€attorneyÐ tÄ Ðto€file€a€motion€to€suppress€the€evidence€that€was€found€in€his€apartment.€€He€said€he€did€notÐ `° Ðremember€his€attorney€giving€an€opinion€as€to€whether€the€trial€court€would€grant€the€motion.€€HeÐ L œ Ðsaid€that€on€the€morning€of€the€motion€hearing,€his€trial€attorney€talked€to€him€about€a€plea€offerÐ 8 ˆ Ðfrom€the€state.€€He€said€his€attorney€led€him€to€believe€that€if€he€did€not€accept€the€stateððs€offer,€heÐ $ t Ðcould€serve€sixty€years€in€prison.€€He€said€that€his€attorney€did€not€tell€him€the€status€of€his€motionÐ  ` Ðto€suppress€and€that€he€did€not€ask€his€attorney€about€it.€€He€said€that€when€his€trial€attorney€cameÐ ü L  Ðto€him€that€morning€and€immediately€started€talking€about€a€plea€agreement,€he€thought€the€trialÐ è 8  Ðcourt€had€ruled€on€and€denied€his€motion€to€suppress.€€He€said€he€did€not€know€the€trial€court€wasÐ Ô$  Ðrequired€to€hold€a€hearing€before€it€could€rule€on€his€motion.Ð À  ÐÌà  àThe€petitioner€testified€that€his€trial€attorney€did€not€tell€him€that€he€could€plead€guilty€andÐ ˜è  Ðreserve€a€certified€question€of€law€regarding€the€admissibility€of€evidence€that€was€found€in€hisÐ „Ô  Ðapartment.€€He€acknowledged€that€during€his€guilty€plea€hearing,€the€trial€court€asked€him€questions.€Ð pÀ ÐHowever,€he€said€he€did€not€understand€what€the€trial€court€meant€when€it€asked€him,€ð ðDo€you€alsoÐ \¬ Ðunderstand€as€part€of€this€plea€of€guilty€you€are€going€to€be€waiving€any€issues€with€regard€to€yourÐ H˜ Ðmotion€to€suppress?ðð€€The€petitioner€acknowledged€that€his€trial€attorney€hired€a€private€investigatorÐ 4„ Ðfor€his€case.€€However,€he€said€that€the€investigator€did€not€interview€all€of€the€important€witnessesÐ  p Ðin€the€case€and€that€the€investigator€should€have€interviewed€the€floor€tile€installers€because€theyÐ  \ Ðoriginally€found€the€cocaine€in€his€apartment.Ð øH ÐÌà  àOn€cross„examination,€the€petitioner€acknowledged€talking€to€his€mother€and€stepfatherÐ Ð  Ðbefore€accepting€the€stateððs€offer.€€He€denied€knowing€the€stateððs€offer€required€him€to€waive€theÐ ¼  Ðsuppression€hearing.€€He€acknowledged€that€he€decided€to€accept€the€stateððs€offer€because€he€thoughtÐ ¨ø Ðit€was€the€best€thing€to€do€under€the€circumstances.€€He€said€that€his€trial€attorney€told€him€to€say€yesÐ ”ä Ðto€all€of€the€trial€courtððs€questions€at€the€guilty€plea€hearing.€€He€acknowledged,€though,€saying€noÐ €Ð Ðto€some€of€the€questions,€and€he€said€that€he€was€under€pressure€when€he€answered€the€trial€courtððsÐ l¼ Ðquestions.€€He€said€that€although€he€was€innocent,€he€agreed€to€plead€guilty€because€he€was€facingÐ X ¨ Ðsixty€years€in€prison.€€Ð D!” ÐÌà  àThe€petitionerððs€trial€attorney€testified€that€he€had€been€licensed€to€practice€law€since€1980Ð #l! Ðand€that€most€of€his€practice€involved€criminal€defense€work.€€He€said€he€had€represented€manyÐ $X" Ðdefendants€who€had€been€charged€with€possession€of€a€controlled€substance.€€He€said€he€met€withÐ ô$D # Ðthe€petitioner€in€jail€and€told€him€that€the€only€issue€in€the€case€would€be€the€legality€of€theÐ à%0!$ Ðmanagerððs€search€of€the€apartment.€€He€said€he€told€the€petitioner€that€he€would€file€a€motion€toÐ Ì&"% Ðsuppress€the€evidence€on€the€basis€that€the€manager€was€acting€as€the€police€officer/security€guardððsÐ ¸'#& Ðstate€agent€when€she€found€the€drugs.€€He€said€he€told€the€petitioner€that€the€trial€court€would€denyÐ ¤(ô#' Ðthe€motion€unless€the€defense€could€show€that€the€manager€was€acting€for€the€state.Ð )à$( Ðâ âÐ |*Ì%) Ðà  àThe€attorney€testified€that€he€investigated€the€case€and€filed€a€motion€to€suppress.€€He€saidÐ ° Ðâ âhe€also€filed€a€memorandum€of€law€in€support€of€the€motion.€€He€said€that€he€and€the€petitioner€spentÐ œì Ðmany€hours€going€over€the€facts€of€the€petitionerððs€case€and€that€the€petitioner€telephoned€himÐ ˆØ Ðregularly.€€He€said€that€he€hired€a€private€investigator€and€that€the€investigator€did€a€fine€job.€€He€saidÐ tÄ Ðthe€results€of€the€investigation€showed€that€the€apartment€manager€and€the€maintenance€man€foundÐ `° Ðthe€drugs€in€the€apartment€and€that€no€state€action€was€involved€in€their€discovery€of€the€cocaine.€Ð L œ ÐHe€said€that€because€the€floor€tile€installers€did€not€find€the€drugs,€he€did€not€think€the€investigatorÐ 8 ˆ Ðneeded€to€interview€them.€Ð $ t ÐÌà  àThe€attorney€testified€that€on€the€morning€of€the€petitionerððs€suppression€hearing,€the€stateÐ ü L  Ðapproached€him€with€a€plea€offer.€€He€said€the€state€offered€to€let€the€petitioner€plead€guilty€in€returnÐ è 8  Ðfor€a€fifteen„year€sentence€as€a€Range€I,€standard€offender.€€He€said€the€stateððs€offer€was€conditionalÐ Ô$  Ðon€the€petitioner€agreeing€not€to€go€forward€with€the€suppression€hearing.€€He€said€that€the€petitionerÐ À  Ðhad€a€prior€criminal€history€and€that€without€the€plea,€the€trial€court€would€have€sentenced€theÐ ¬ü  Ðpetitioner€to€at€least€twenty€years€in€confinement.Ð ˜è  ÐÌà  àThe€attorney€testified€that€he€discussed€the€stateððs€offer€with€the€petitioner€and€the€petitionerððsÐ pÀ Ðparents€from€9:30€a.m.€until€noon.€€He€said€he€never€told€the€petitioner€that€the€petitioner€would€beÐ \¬ Ðfacing€sixty€years€in€prison€if€he€did€not€plead€guilty.€€He€said€he€told€the€petitioner€that€if€the€trialÐ H˜ Ðcourt€denied€the€motion€to€suppress,€the€petitioner€would€be€facing€more€than€twenty€years€in€prison.€Ð 4„ ÐHe€said€that€during€the€guilty€plea€hearing,€he€never€got€the€impression€that€the€petitioner€did€notÐ  p Ðunderstand€what€was€happening.€€He€said€the€petitioner€was€smart€and€had€been€through€the€courtÐ  \ Ðsystem€before.€€He€said€the€state€would€not€agree€to€let€the€petitioner€plead€guilty€and€reserve€aÐ øH Ðcertified€question€of€law€to€be€reviewed€on€appeal.Ð ä4 ÐÌà  àOn€cross„examination,€the€attorney€testified€that€he€and€the€petitioner€had€a€cordial,€warmÐ ¼  Ðrelationship.€€He€said€he€did€not€mention€reserving€a€certified€question€of€law€to€the€petitionerÐ ¨ø Ðbecause€the€state€would€not€agree€to€it.€€He€said€he€never€told€the€petitioner€that€if€the€petitionerÐ ”ä Ðaccepted€the€stateððs€offer,€then€he€could€expect€to€serve€only€eighteen€months€of€a€fifteen„yearÐ €Ð Ðsentence.Ð l¼ ÐÌà  àOn€rebuttal,€the€petitioner€testified€that€his€trial€attorney€told€him€that€some€of€the€attorneyððsÐ D!” Ðclients€had€gotten€out€of€prison€in€eighteen€months.€€He€said€he€did€not€recall€his€attorney€telling€himÐ 0"€  Ðthat€the€trial€court€was€going€to€deny€the€motion€to€suppress.Ð #l! ÐÌà  àThe€state€introduced€into€evidence€a€transcript€of€the€petitionerððs€guilty€plea€hearing.€€In€theÐ ô$D # Ðhearing,€the€following€exchange€occurred:Ð à%0!$ ÐÌà8  àà8` Ð Ð àà ¸ àTHE€COURT:€All€right,€Mr.€Fuller,€you€have€just€been€swornÐ ¸'#& Ðto€tell€the€truth.€€I€want€to€make€certain€„„€you€may€put€your€handÐ ¤(ô#' Ðdown.Ð)à$(` x` x Ðà8  àà8` Ð Ð àà ¸ àI€want€to€make€certain€that€you€understand€that€any€questionsÐ |*Ì%) Ðthat€I€ask€you€today,€you€must€answer€me€truthfully,€and€if€you€do€notÐ h+¸&* Ðdo€so,€you€could€subject€yourself€to€perjury€charges€in€the€future;€doÐ ° Ðyou€understand€that?Мì` x` x ÐÌà8  àà8` Ð Ð àà ¸ àMR.€FULLER:€Yes,€maððam.ÐtÄ` x` x ÐÌà8  àà8` Ð Ð àà ¸ àTHE€COURT:€All€right.€€Now€we€are€recording€this€soÐ L œ Ðanything€I€ask€you,€you€need€to€speak€loudly€because€we€will€have€aÐ 8 ˆ Ðrecord€of€it€in€case€we€ever€need€it€in€the€future.Ð$ t` x` x Ðà8  àà8` Ð Ð àà ¸ àIt€also€means€that€if€you€are€confused€about€anything€I€ask€youÐ  ` Ðor€if€that€is€not€the€agreement,€please€feel€free€to€ask€[your€trialÐ ü L  Ðattorney]€to€explain€it€to€you,€or€ask€me€to€explain€it.Ðè 8 ` x` x Ðà8  àà8` Ð Ð àà ¸ àNow€you€are€here€today€for€a€Motion€to€Suppress€in€your€case,Ð Ô$  Ðbut€instead,€I€have€here€a€petition€that€appears€to€be€signed€by€youÐ À  Ðtoday,€indicating€you€want€to€enter€a€plea€of€guilty;€is€that€correct?Ьü ` x` x ÐÌà8  àà8` Ð Ð àà ¸ àMR.€FULLER:€Yes,€maððam.Ð„Ô ` x` x ÐÌà8  àà8` Ð Ð àà ¸ àTHE€COURT:€Okay.€€Do€you€also€understand€that€as€part€ofÐ \¬ Ðthis€plea€of€guilty,€you€are€going€to€be€waiving€any€issues€with€regardÐ H˜ Ðto€your€Motion€to€Suppress;€that€is,€those€will€now€become€moot€asÐ 4„ Ða€result€of€this€plea;€do€you€understand€that?Ð p` x` x ÐÌà8  àà8` Ð Ð àà ¸ àMR.€FULLER:€Yes,€maððam.ÐøH` x` x ÐÌà  àThe€trial€court€accredited€the€trial€attorneyððs€testimony€and€found€that€he€thoroughlyÐ Ð  Ðinvestigated€the€petitionerððs€case.€€It€also€found€that€the€petitionerððs€trial€attorney€explained€theÐ ¼  Ðstateððs€plea€offer€to€him€and€told€him€that€the€offer€was€conditional€on€his€forgoing€the€motion€toÐ ¨ø Ðsuppress.€€Finally,€the€trial€court€found€that€when€the€petitioner€pled€guilty,€he€knew€the€trial€courtÐ ”ä Ðhad€not€ruled€on€the€motion.€€The€trial€court€held€that€the€petitioner€did€not€receive€the€ineffectiveÐ €Ð Ðassistance€of€counsel.€Ð l¼ ÐÌÓ  Óò òI.€€INEFFECTIVE€ASSISTANCE€OF€COUNSELÐ D!” ÐÌÓ  Óó óà  àThe€petitioner€claims€that€he€received€the€ineffective€assistance€of€counsel€because€his€trialÐ #l! Ðattorney€did€not€tell€him€before€he€pled€guilty€that€the€trial€court€had€not€ruled€on€his€motion€toÐ $X" Ðsuppress€evidence.€€He€claims€that€the€only€reason€he€accepted€the€stateððs€plea€offer€was€because€heÐ ô$D # Ðthought€the€trial€court€had€denied€his€motion.€€The€state€claims€that€the€petitioner€received€theÐ à%0!$ Ðeffective€assistance€of€counsel.€€We€agree€with€the€state.Ð Ì&"% ÐÌà  àUnder€the€Sixth€Amendment,€when€a€claim€of€ineffective€assistance€of€counsel€is€made,€theÐ ¤(ô#' Ðburden€is€on€the€petitioner€to€show€(1)€that€counselððs€performance€was€deficient€and€(2)€that€theÐ )à$( Ðdeficiency€was€prejudicial€in€terms€of€rendering€a€reasonable€probability€that€the€result€of€the€trialÐ |*Ì%) Ðwas€unreliable€or€the€proceedings€fundamentally€unfair.€€òòStrickland€v.€Washingtonóó,€466€U.S.€668,Ð h+¸&* Ð687,€104€S.€Ct.€2052,€2064€(1984);€òòseeóó€òòLockhart€v.€Fretwellóó,€506€U.S.€364,€368„72,€113€S.€Ct.€838,Ð ° Ð842„44€(1993).€€The€òòStricklandóó€standard€has€been€applied€to€the€right€to€counsel€under€Article€I,Ð œì ÐSection€9€of€the€Tennessee€Constitution.€€òòState€v.€Melsonóó,€772€S.W.2d€417,€419€n.2€(Tenn.€1989).€Ð ˆØ ÐWhen€a€petitioner€claims€that€ineffective€assistance€of€counsel€resulted€in€a€guilty€plea,€the€petitionerÐ tÄ Ðmust€prove€that€counsel€performed€deficiently€and€that€but€for€counselððs€errors,€the€petitioner€wouldÐ `° Ðnot€have€pled€guilty€and€would€have€insisted€upon€going€to€trial.€€òòHill€v.€Lockhartóó,€474€U.S.€52,€59,Ð L œ Ð106€S.€Ct.€366,€370€(1985).Ð 8 ˆ ÐÌà  àIn€òòBaxter€v.€Roseóó,€523€S.W.2d€930,€936€(Tenn.€1975),€our€supreme€court€decided€thatÐ  ` Ðattorneys€should€be€held€to€the€general€standard€of€whether€the€services€rendered€were€within€theÐ ü L  Ðrange€of€competence€demanded€of€attorneys€in€criminal€cases.€€Further,€the€court€stated€that€the€rangeÐ è 8  Ðof€competence€was€to€be€measured€by€the€duties€and€criteria€set€forth€in€òòBeasley€v.€United€Statesóó,Ð Ô$  Ð491€F.2d€687,€696€(6th€Cir.€1974),€and€òòUnited€States€v.€DeCosteróó,€487€F.2d€1197,€1202-04€(D.C.€Cir.Ð À  Ð1973).€€Also,€in€reviewing€counselððs€conduct,€a€ð ðfair€assessment€of€attorney€performance€requiresÐ ¬ü  Ðthat€every€effort€be€made€to€eliminate€the€distorting€effects€of€hindsight,€to€reconstruct€theÐ ˜è  Ðcircumstances€of€counselððs€challenged€conduct,€and€to€evaluate€the€conduct€from€counselððsÐ „Ô  Ðperspective€at€the€time.ðð€€òòStricklandóó,€466€U.S.€at€689,€104€S.€Ct.€at€2065;€òòseeóó€òòHellard€v.€Stateóó,€629Ð pÀ ÐS.W.2d€4,€9€(Tenn.€1982).Ð \¬ ÐÌà  àIn€a€post-conviction€case,€the€burden€is€on€the€petitioner€to€prove€by€clear€and€convincingÐ 4„ Ðevidence€his€grounds€for€relief.€€Tenn.€Code€Ann.€ðð€40-30-210(f).€€On€appeal,€we€are€bound€by€theÐ  p Ðtrial€courtððs€findings€of€fact€unless€we€conclude€that€the€evidence€in€the€record€preponderates€againstÐ  \ Ðthose€findings.€€òòFields€v.€Stateóó,€40€S.W.3d€450,€456€(Tenn.€2001).€€We€review€the€trial€courtððsÐ øH Ðconclusions€of€law--such€as€whether€counselððs€performance€was€deficient€or€whether€that€deficiencyÐ ä4 Ðwas€prejudicial--under€a€purely€òòdeóó€òònovoóó€standard.€€òòId.óó€at€457.Ð Ð  ÐÌà  àIn€the€present€case,€the€trial€court€found€that€the€petitionerððs€trial€attorney€represented€himÐ ¨ø Ðeffectively,€stating€that€the€attorney€told€the€petitioner€before€the€guilty€plea€hearing€that€the€plea€wasÐ ”ä Ðconditional€on€the€petitioner€waiving€a€determination€on€the€motion€to€suppress.€€Furthermore,€theÐ €Ð Ðtranscript€of€the€guilty€plea€hearing€shows€that€the€trial€court€told€the€petitioner€that€by€pleadingÐ l¼ Ðguilty,€he€was€waiving€any€issues€regarding€the€motion.€The€petitioner€testified€at€the€post„convictionÐ X ¨ Ðhearing€that€he€discussed€the€stateððs€plea€offer€with€his€parents€and€that€he€accepted€the€stateððs€offerÐ D!” Ðbecause€he€thought€it€was€the€best€thing€to€do€under€the€circumstances.€€The€petitioner€has€failed€toÐ 0"€  Ðdemonstrate€that€he€received€the€ineffective€assistance€of€counsel.Ð #l! ÐÌÓ  Óò òII.€€MOTION€FOR€CONTINUANCEÐ ô$D # ÐÌÓ  Óó óà  àThe€petitioner€also€claims€that€the€trial€court€erred€by€denying€his€motion€for€a€continuance.€Ð Ì&"% ÐThe€state€claims€that€the€trial€court€properly€denied€the€petitionerððs€motion.€€We€agree€with€the€state.Ð ¸'#& ÐÌà  àImmediately€before€the€hearing€for€post„conviction€relief,€the€petitioner€orally€requested€aÐ )à$( Ðcontinuance.€€He€stated€that€he€needed€additional€time€to€interview€the€floor€tile€installers,€who,€heÐ |*Ì%) Ðclaimed,€would€support€his€argument€that€the€apartment€complex€manager€illegally€searched€hisÐ h+¸&* Ðapartment.€€The€trial€court€questioned€the€timeliness€of€the€request€and€chose€to€hear€the€witnessesÐ ° Ðwho€were€present,€indicating€that€further€hearing€could€occur€if€it€appeared€necessary.€€At€the€closeÐ œì Ðof€proof,€the€trial€court€stated€that€no€evidence€indicated€that€the€floor€tile€installers€found€the€drugsÐ ˆØ Ðin€the€petitionerððs€apartment€or€could€have€offered€information€that€would€have€helped€theÐ tÄ Ðpetitionerððs€case.Ð `° ÐÌà  àThe€decision€whether€to€grant€a€continuance€rests€within€the€discretion€of€the€trial€court.€Ð 8 ˆ ÐòòState€v.€Morganóó,€825€S.W.2d€113,€117€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1991).€€The€denial€of€a€continuance€willÐ $ t Ðnot€be€disturbed€ð ðunless€it€appears€upon€the€face€of€the€record€that€(a)€the€trial€judge€has€abused€hisÐ  ` Ðdiscretion€and€(b)€prejudice€enured€to€the€accused€as€a€direct€result€of€the€trial€judgeððs€ruling.ðð€€òòStateÐ ü L  Ðv.€Dykesóó,€803€S.W.2d€250,€257€(Tenn.€Crim.€App.€1990).€Ð è 8  ÐÌà  àThe€petitioner€has€failed€to€show€that€he€has€been€prejudiced€by€the€trial€courtððs€denial€of€aÐ À  Ðcontinuance.€€The€petitioner€proffered€no€evidence€that€the€floor€tile€installers€found€the€drugs€orÐ ¬ü  Ðcould€have€offered€material€proof€in€this€case.€€The€trial€court€accredited€the€trial€attorneyððsÐ ˜è  Ðtestimony€that€the€apartment€complex€manager,€not€the€floor€tile€installers,€found€the€cocaine€in€theÐ „Ô  Ðpetitionerððs€apartment.€€We€conclude€that€the€trial€court€acted€within€its€discretion€by€denying€theÐ pÀ Ðmotion€for€a€continuance.Ð \¬ ÐÌà  àBased€upon€the€foregoing€and€the€record€as€a€whole,€we€affirm€the€judgment€of€the€trial€court.Ð 4„ ÐÌÌÌà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  à___________________________________€Ð ä4 Ðà  àà ` àà ¸ àà  àà h àà À àà  àJOSEPH€M.€TIPTON,€JUDGE