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( RobertLittle,Memphis,Tennessee,fortheAppellant,JosephKenneth_Tipler_.  PaulG.Summers,AttorneyGeneral&Reporter;KimR.Helper,AssistantAttorneyGeneral;  WilliamL.Gibbons,DistrictAttorneyGeneral;Glen_Baity_,AssistantDistrictAttorneyGeneral,for t theAppellee,StateofTennessee. ` B@@OO& OPINION #XXq#XX 8!  #XXĶ #  XX   ` Thepetitioner,Joseph_Tipler_,appealstheShelbyCountyCriminalCourtsdismissal #`" ofhispetitionforpostconvictionrelief.OnMay30,1996,thetrialcourtimposeduponthe #L# petitionerthefollowingconvictionsandsentences:assault,elevenmonthsandtwentyninedays; $8 $ aggravatedburglary,sixyears;twocountsofaggravatedassault,sixyearseach;andtwocountsof %$!% aggravated_kidnapping_,20yearseach.Allsentencesrunconcurrentlyandyieldaneffectivesentence &"& of20years.Thiscourtaffirmedthepetitionersconvictionandsentenceondirectappeal,andthe '"' supremecourtdeniedpermissiontoappeal.SeeStatev.Joseph_Tipler_,No.02C019611CR00384 (#( (Tenn._Crim_.App.,Jackson,Jan.30,1998),perm.app.denied(Tenn.1998).Thepetitionerfiled )$) hispostconvictionpetitiononNovember16,1998.Thepostconvictioncourtappointedcounsel p*%* forthepetitioner,andafteranevidentiaryhearing,itdismissedthepetition.Thepetitioneralleges \+&+ severalinstancesofineffectiveassistanceofcounsel,butonappealheraisesonlytwoissues: H,', whethertrialcounselwasineffectiveby(1)notobtainingatranscriptofthepetitionerspreliminary 4-(- _hearingand(2)notmovingtoseverthetrialontheassaultchargefromthetrialontheothercharges.  Wehavereviewedtherecord,thebriefsandtheapplicablelaw.Findingnoerror,weaffirmthe  dismissalofthepostconvictionpetition.     ` Thetranscriptofthepetitionersjurytrialwasnotexhibitedtothepostconviction ` hearing,andfewfactsabouttheunderlyingoffensescametolight.However,fromthiscourtsdirect L  appealopinion,welearnthatthepetitionerandhisgirlfriendwereresidingwithhisbrothersex 8  wife,FrancesSmith,andherson.Joseph_Tipler_,slipop.at2.OnOctober8,1995,thepetitioner $ t andSmithargued,andthepetitioner hit[her]inthemouthandbustedherlip.Id.,slipop.at3.  ` Thisactioneventuallybecamethebasisfortheassaultcharge.Aftertheassault,Smithevictedthe  L  petitionerandhisgirlfriend,reclaimedherhousekeysfromthem,andsetthepetitionerspersonal  8  property outonthebackporch.Id.At3:00a.m.onOctober10,1995,Smithawoketo beating $  onthebackdoor,andwhensheandhersonwenttothefrontdoortoleave,shewasdetainedby   thepetitionersgirlfriend.Smithssonfledtowardanearbyhouse.Id.Thepetitionerbrokethrough   thelockedbackdoorandcamethroughthehouse.Uponbeinginformedoftheboyswhereabouts   andarmedwithalongknife,thepetitionerpursuedtheboy, grabbedhim,and pulledhimback   toSmithshouse.ThepetitionerhadSmithandhersonsitonthebed.Hecursedherand slapped p [her]upsidethehead.Id.ThepetitionertoldSmiththathemeanttokillher justlikehisbrother \ inlawhadkilledhissister.Id.,slipop.at34.Beforeleavingtheresidence,thepetitioners H girlfriendretrievedacassettetape,andthepetitioneraskedSmithifsheneededaridetoworkthe 4 nextday.Id.,slipop.at4.TheeventsofthemorningofOctober10ledtotheburglary,assaultand  p _kidnapping_Ԁcharges.  \    ` Atthepostconvictionhearing,thepetitionertestifiedthat,athispreliminaryhearing, 4 SmithtestifiedthattheOctober8assaultcouldhavebeenanaccident.Afterindictment,thetrial   courtappointedtrialcounselwhowasnotpresentatthepreliminaryhearing.Thepetitionerinformed   counselaboutSmithspreliminaryhearingtestimonyandinstructedhertoobtainatranscriptofthat  testimony.Thepetitioneralsocomplainedthattrialcounselfailedtomovetoseverthetrialofthe  assaultchargefromthetrialoftheothercharges.     ` Thepetitionerstrialcounsel,anexperiencedpublicdefender,testifiedatthepost X  convictionhearingthatbeforetrialshelearnedfromthecourtclerkthattherewasnotapeofthe D! defendantspreliminaryhearing.Shealsospokewiththeassistantpublicdefenderwhohandledthe 0"  preliminaryhearingandlearnedthathehadnotpersonallyrecordedthetestimony.Astothefailure #l! toseekaseveranceofoffenses,trialcounseltestifiedthatshedecidednottoseekaseverancefor $X" strategicreasons.Shebelievedthatifthejuryknewaboutthepartieshistory,includingtheincident $D # onOctober8,itwouldbelesslikelytobelievethatthepetitionercommittedburglary,aggravated %0!$ assaultandaggravated_kidnapping_.Counselstestimonyrevealedthoroughpreparationofthe &"% petitionerscase.Shesecuredanofferfromthestateforapleatoasixyearsentencewhichincluded '#& areductionofthe_kidnapping_Ԁchargetofalseimprisonment.Thepetitioner,whohadasufficient (#' priorcriminalrecordtoqualifyhimforRangeIIsentencing,declinedtheofferandinsistedongoing )$( totrial. |*%)  h+&* _   ` Attheconclusionoftheevidentiaryhearing,thetrialcourtdismissedthepetition.     ` Thepostconvictionpetitionerbearstheburdenofprovinghisorherallegationsby  clearandconvincingevidence.Tenn.CodeAnn.4030210(f)(1997).Onappeal,theappellate t courtaccordstothetrialcourtsfindingsoffacttheweightofajuryverdict,andthesefindingsare ` conclusiveonappealunlesstheevidencepreponderatesagainstthem.Henleyv.State,960S.W.2d L  572,57879(Tenn.1997),cert.denied,525U.S.830,119S.Ct.82(1998);Batesv.State,973 8  S.W.2d615,631(Tenn.Crim.App.1997),cert.denied,524U.S.907,117S.Ct.2067(1998) $ t     ` TheSixthAmendmenttotheUnitedStatesConstitutionandArticleI,section9of  L  theTennesseeConstitutionbothguaranteeeffectiveassistanceofcounseltoadefendantinacriminal  8  case.Baxterv.Rose,523S.W.2d930(Tenn.1975).Whenadefendantclaimsconstitutionally $  ineffectiveassistanceofcounsel,thestandardappliedbythecourtsofTennesseeis whetherthe   advicegivenortheservicerenderedbytheattorneyiswithintherangeofcompetencedemandedby   attorneysincriminalcases.Summerlinv.State,607S.W.2d495,496(Tenn.Crim.App.1980).      ` InStricklandv.Washington,theUnitedStatesSupremeCourtoutlinedthe p requirementsnecessarytodemonstrateaviolationoftheSixthAmendmentrighttoeffective \ assistanceofcounsel.Stricklandv.Washington,466U.S.668,104S.Ct.2052(1984).First,the H petitionermustshowthatcounselsperformancefellbelowanobjectivestandardofreasonableness 4 underprevailingprofessionalnormsandmustdemonstratethatcounselmadeerrorssoseriousthat  p hewasnotfunctioningas counselguaranteedbytheConstitution.Id.at687,104S.Ct.at2064.  \ Second,thepetitionermustshowthatcounselsperformanceprejudicedhimandthaterrorswere H soseriousastodeprivethepetitionerofafairtrial,callingintoquestionthereliabilityofthe 4 outcome.Id.;Henley,960S.W.2dat579(Tenn.1997).      ` XXXX Whenaddressinganattorneysperformanceitisnotourfunctiontosecondguess  tacticalandstrategicchoicespertainingtodefensemattersortomeasureadefenseattorneys  representationby2020hindsight.Henley,960S.W.2dat579(quotingHellardv.State,629  S.W.2d4,9(Tenn.1982)).Rather,acourtreviewingcounselsperformanceshould eliminatethe l distortingeffectsofhindsight...[and]evaluatetheconductfromtheperspectiveatthetime. X  Strickland,466U.S.at689,104S.Ct.at2065. Thefactthataparticularstrategyortacticfailed D! orhurtthedefense,doesnot,standingalone,establishunreasonablerepresentation.Goadv.State, 0"  938S.W.2d363,369(Tenn.1996).Ontheotherhand, deferencetomattersofstrategyandtactical #l! choicesappliesonlyifthechoicesareinformedonesbaseduponadequatepreparation.Id. $X"    ` Toestablishprejudice,apartyclaimingineffectiveassistanceofcounselmustshow %0!$ a reasonableprobabilitythat,butforcounselsunprofessionalerrors,theresultoftheproceeding &"% wouldhavebeendifferent.Strickland,466U.S.at694,104S.Ct.at2068.Areasonable '#& probabilityis aprobabilitysufficienttoundermineconfidenceintheoutcome.Id. (#'   )$(    ` Inreviewingaclaimofineffectiveassistanceofcounsel,anappellatecourtneednot  addressbothprongsofStricklandifitdeterminesthatthepetitionerhasfailedtocarryhisburden  withrespecttoeitherprong.Henley,960S.W.2dat580.   #XXXX.#   ` Inthepresentcase,thepetitionerfailedtoestablishthatcounseldeficiently ` performed.RegardingthefailuretosecureatranscriptofSmithspreliminaryhearingtestimony, L  thepetitionerfailedtoshowbyclearandconvincingevidencethatatranscriptexistedthatcounsel 8  couldhaveobtained.Infact,itisuncontrovertedintherecordthatcounselmadeadiligenteffort $ t tosecureatapeofSmithspreliminaryhearingtestimonyandthatnotapeortranscriptexisted.  ` Counseldidnotdeficientlyperformonthisissue.  L     ` Regardingthefailuretomovetosevertheassaultchargefromtheothercharges,the $  recordsupportsthetrialcourtsfindingthatthefailuretomoveforseverancewasaninformed   tacticalorstrategicdecision,consciouslymadebytrialcounsel.Therecordrevealsnobasisfor   concludingthatcounseldeficientlyperformedonthisissue.      ` Accordingly,weaffirmthetrialcourtsdismissalofthepostconvictionpetition. p    `     h     ___________________________________  p    `     h     JAMESCURWOODWITT,JR.,JUDGE