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( VanceL.Baker,Jr.,Athens,Tennessee,fortheappellant,DavidMichaelLong.  PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneral&Reporter;ThomasE.Williams,III,AssistantAttorney  General;andCharlesPope,AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral,fortheappellee,theStateof t Tennessee. ` @@OO& OPINION #IXX#XXI 8!  #IXX #  XXI  InMayof2000,thepetitionerenteredapleaofguiltytotwocountsofdeliveryoflessthan #`" .5gramsofcocaine,aClassCfelony.Inaccordancewithapleaagreement,thetrialcourtimposed #L# concurrentsixyearsentences,whichweretobeservedconcurrentlywithanothersentenceonan $8 $ unrelatedcharge.InAprilof2001,thepetitionerfiledapetitionforpostconvictionreliefalleging %$!% thathisguiltypleawasinvoluntaryandthathedidnotreceivetheeffectiveassistanceofcounsel. &"& Thepetitioneralsoallegedthathisconvictionwasbasedupontheviolationofhisprivilegeagainst '"' selfincrimination. (#(   Attheevidentiaryhearing,thepetitionertestifiedthathedidnotunderstandthathewasto p*%* receiveasixyearsentence.Heclaimedthatheunderstoodthathewastoserveonlyatwoyear \+&+ sentenceataspecialneedsfacility.Thepetitionerconcededthatheknewthatthestatedidnotoffer H,', asentenceofcommunitycorrections,butheinsistedthathewasentitledtosuchasentenceafterthe 4-(- serviceoftwoyearsintheDepartmentofCorrection.Hecontendedthathistrialcounselfailedto  informhimthatthepleaagreementprovidedforasixyearsentence.Whenquestionedbythecourt  abouthisanswersatthesubmissionhearing,thepetitionerchallengedthevalidityofthetranscript  andclaimedthathedidnotrememberbeinginformedaboutthesixyearsentence. t   Trialcounseltestifiedthathespecificallyrecalledinformingthepetitionerofthecontentof L  thepleaagreement.Hestatedthatitwashisopinionthatthepetitionerwouldhavebeenconvicted 8  aschargedifhehadgonetotrialandpointedoutthatthepetitionerqualifiedasaRangeIIoffender $ t andwouldthushavebeensubjecttoamuchharshersentencehadheinsisteduponatrial.Itwashis  ` contentionthatthepetitionerfullyunderstoodthetermsofthepleaagreement.  L    Attheconclusionofthehearing,thepostconvictioncourtheldas_follows: $  _8  Ispecificallyfindthatyourcounselwasinnowayineffective,baseduponthe   evidencewesee_here_Ԁtoday,andbaseduponthetranscriptthatIseeoftheplea   hearing.Youalsomakeanallegationinyourpetitionthattheconvictionwasbased   onaviolationoftheprivilegeagainstselfincrimination.I,fortherecord,findthat p theresbeennoproofofthat,tobeginwith,andIdontseehowtherecouldbeany \ proof,sinceyoudidnttestifyagainstyourself,onewayortheother....F[rom]the H manythingsthatIvereadontherecordfromthetranscriptandthequestionsasked 4 heretoday,Ispecificallyfindthattheresbeenabsolutelynoevidence[thatyou  p misunderstoodthenatureandconsequencesoftheplea]. \     Inapost-convictionproceeding,thepetitionerbearstheburdenofprovinghisallegationsby 4 clearandconvincingevidence.Tenn.CodeAnn.40-30-210(f).Onappeal,thefindingsoffact   madebythetrialcourtareconclusiveandwillnotbedisturbedunlesstheevidencecontainedinthe   recordpreponderatesagainstthem.Brooksv.State,756S.W.2d288,289(Tenn.Crim.App.1988).  Theburdenisonthepetitionertoshowthattheevidencepreponderatedagainstthosefindings.  Clennyv.State,576S.W.2d12,14(Tenn.Crim.App.1978).XXXXԀThecredibilityofthewitnessesand  theweightandvaluetobeaffordedtheirtestimonyarequestionstoberesolvedbythetrialcourt. l Batesv.State,973S.W.2d615(Tenn.Crim.App.1997). X  #XXXXO#  Inthisappeal,thepetitionerassertsthathedidnotunderstandthatthetermsofhisplea 0"  agreementand,asaresult,couldnothaveknowinglyandintelligentlypledguilty.Thepetitioner #l! arguesthatbecausehistrialcounselfailedtocommunicatethetermsofthepleaagreement,hisplea $X" wasinvoluntary. $D #   Initially,neitherthejudgmentsnorthepleaagreementappearintheappellaterecord.Itis &"% thedutyoftheappellanttoprepareacompleteandaccuraterecordonappeal.Tenn.R.App.P. '#& 24(b).Thefailuretoprepareanadequaterecordforreviewofanissueresultsinawaiverofthat (#' issue.Thompsonv.State,958S.W.2d156,172(Tenn.Crim.App.1997).Regardlessofthe )$( proceduraldeficiency,however,thepetitionerisnotentitledtoreliefonthemeritsofhisclaims. |*%)  h+&* XXXX  InBoykinv.Alabama,395U.S.238(1969),theUnitedStatesSupremeCourtruledthat  defendantsshouldbeadvisedofcertainoftheirconstitutionalrightsbeforeenteringpleasofguilt.  Includedamongthoseareadmonitionsregardingtherightagainstself-incrimination,therightto  confrontwitnesses,andtherighttotrialbyjury.Id.at243. [T]hecorerequirementofBoykinis t thatnoguiltypleabeacceptedwithoutanaffirmativeshowingthatitwasintelligentand ` voluntary.Blankenshipv.State,858S.W.2d897,904(Tenn.1993)(quotingFontainev.United L  States,526F.2d514,516(6thCir.1975)).#XXXX#XXXXԀThepleamustrepresenta"voluntaryandintelligent 8  choiceamongthealternativecoursesofactionopentothedefendant."NorthCarolinav.Alford,400 $ t U.S.25(1970).Iftheproofestablishesthatthepetitionerwasawareofhisconstitutionalrights,he  ` isentitledtonorelief.Johnsonv.State,834S.W.2d922,926(Tenn.1992).#XXXX"#ԀXXXXApleawhichisthe  L  productof ignorance,incomprehension,coercion,terror,inducements,[or]subtleorblatantthreats  8  isnotvoluntary.Boykin,395U.S.at24243.#XXXX$#XXXX $    Here,thetranscriptestablishesthatattheguiltypleaproceeding,thepetitionerwasadvised   ofhisfullpanoplyofconstitutionalrights.SeeStatev.Neal,810S.W.2d131(Tenn.1991),   overruledinpartbyBlankenshipv.State,858S.W.2d897(Tenn.1993).Moreover,therecord   demonstratesthatthetrialcourtinformedthepetitioneronmorethanoneoccasionthathewasto p receiveasixyearsentence.Thepetitionerhasfailedtoestablishthathewasnotadvisedofthe \ termsofthepleaagreement.Certainly,theevidencedoesnotpreponderateagainstthetrialcourt's H determinationthatthepleaswereknowinglyandvoluntarilymade.#XXXX&# 4   Thepetitioneralsoassertsthathistrialcounselwasineffectiveforfailingtoinformhimthat  \ thepleaagreementprovidedforasixyearsentence.Whenapetitionerseekspost-convictionrelief H onthebasisofineffectiveassistanceofcounsel,hemustfirstestablishthattheservicesrenderedor 4 theadvicegivenwerebelow"therangeofcompetencedemandedofattorneysincriminalcases."   Baxterv.Rose,523S.W.2d930,936(Tenn.1975).Second,hemustshowthatthedeficiencies   "actuallyhadanadverseeffectonthedefense."Stricklandv.Washington,466U.S.668,693(1984).  Shouldthepetitionerfailtoestablisheitherfactor,heisnotentitledtorelief.Oursupremecourt  describedthestandardofreviewasfollows:  8   ` Becauseapetitionermustestablishbothprongsofthetest,afailuretoprove X  eitherdeficiencyorprejudiceprovidesasufficientbasistodenyreliefonthe D! ineffectiveassistanceclaim.Indeed,acourtneednotaddressthecomponentsinany 0"  particularorderorevenaddressbothifthedefendantmakesaninsufficientshowing #l! ofonecomponent.$X"   Goadv.State,938S.W.2d363,370(Tenn.1996).Astoguiltypleas,thedefendantmustestablish %0!$ areasonableprobabilitythat,butfortheerrorsofhiscounsel,hewouldnothaveenteredthepleaand &"% wouldhaveinsistedongoingtotrial.Hillv.Lockhart,474U.S.52,59(1985). '#&   Onclaimsofineffectiveassistanceofcounsel,thepetitionerisnotentitledtothebenefitof )$( hindsight,maynotsecond-guessareasonablybasedtrialstrategy,andcannotcriticizeasound,but |*%) unsuccessful,tacticaldecisionmadeduringthecourseoftheproceedings.Adkinsv.State,911 h+&* S.W.2d334,347(Tenn.Crim.App.1994).Suchdeferencetothetacticaldecisionsofcounsel,  however,appliesonlyifthechoicesaremadeafteradequatepreparationforthecase.Cooperv.  State,847S.W.2d521,528(Tenn.Crim.App.1992).    Here,trialcounseltestifiedthathespecificallyinformedthepetitionerthatthetermsofthe ` agreementrequiredserviceofasixyearprisonsentence.Thetrialcourtaccreditedthetestimony L  oftrialcounselanddeterminedthatthepetitionerwasnotdeniedtheeffectiveassistanceofcounsel. 8  Itisourviewthatthepetitionerhasfailedtoestablishthat,butforadeficiencyinhistrialcounsels $ t performance,hewouldnothavepledguilty.SeeLockhart,474U.S.at59.Therecordsupportsthe  ` trialjudgesdeterminationthatthepetitionerwasfullyawareofhisconstitutionalrightsandthathe  L  knowinglyandvoluntarilyacceptedthetermsoftheplea.Inconsequence,heisnotentitledtorelief  8  onthisclaim. $    Accordingly,thejudgmentofthetrialcourtis_affirmed.   ___   `     h     ___________________________________ \    `     h     GARYR.WADE,PRESIDINGJUDGE