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ÔÔ€ÔÝ  Ý›Ñ\R AØ'\ќـ€ÙÑ\R AØ'\ÑßR€!# A1-j|` ç `€€@ÿRß›Þ ÞÌà@ àò òIN€THE€COURT€OF€CRIMINAL€APPEALSÌÌà@ àAT€NASHVILLEÌÌà@ àAUGUST€1997€SESSIONÌÌÌÌLORENZO€C.€WATERSà àà àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àC.C.A.€NO.€01C01„9609„CR„00402Ìà àó óAppellantà àà àà àà àò ò)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àDAVIDSON€COUNTYÌVS.à àà àà àà àà àà à)Ìà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àHon.€Ann€Lacy€JohnsÌSTATE€OF€TENNESSEEà àà àà à)à àJudgeÌà àà àà àà àà àà à)à àÌà àó óAppellee.à àà àà àà àò ò)à àó ó(Post€Conviction)ÌÌÌÌÌÌÌò òòòFOR€THE€APPELLANT:à àà àà àà àFOR€THE€APPELLEE:ÌÌóóW.€CASEY€REEDà àà àà àà àà àJOHN€KNOX€WALKUPÌó ó211€Printers€Alley€Buildingà àà àà àà àAttorney€General€and€ReporterÌSuite€400ÌNashville,€Tennessee€37201à àà àà àà àò òDARYL€J.€BRANDÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àó óAssistant€Attorney€GeneralÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà à450€James€Robertson€ParkwayÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àNashville,€Tennessee€37243„0493ÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àò òVICTOR€JOHNSONÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àó óDistrict€Attorney€GeneralÌà àà àà àà àà àà àÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àò òROGER€MOOREÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àó óAssistant€District€Attorney€GeneralÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àWashington€Square€Building„Suite€500Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àà à222€Second€Avenue,€NorthÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àNashville,€Tennessee€€€37201ÌÌÌÌò òOPINION€FILED:_____________________ÌÌÌAFFIRMEDÌÌÌÌÌJOE€H.€WALKER,€IIIÌSp.€JUDGEó óÌÌÌÌÌÌÌà@ àò òòòOPINIONÌÌÌÓÓóóó óà àThe€appellant,€Lorenzo€C.€Waters,€appeals€as€of€right€from€a€judgment€of€the€trial€courtÏdenying€his€petition€for€post„conviction€relief,€following€an€evidentiary€hearing.€€Appellant€allegesÏthat€he€received€ineffective€assistant€of€counsel€when€he€entered€a€plea€of€€guilty€to€murder€in€theÏsecond€œdegree›€and€received€a€sentence€of€forty€years€as€a€Range€II€offender.ÌÌà@ àòòò òProcedural€HistoryÌÌó óóóà àPetitioner€was€indicted€on€charges€of€first€degree€murder€and€aggravated€rape.€€An€assistantÏpublic€defender€was€appointed€to€represent€the€petitioner.€€On€May€27,€1994,€the€petitioner€enteredÏa€plea€of€guilty€to€second€degree€murder,€on€the€negotiated€agreement€that€he€would€be€sentencedÏas€a€Range€II€offender€to€forty€years,€and€the€State€would€move€to€dismiss€the€aggravated€rapeÏcharge.€Ìà àWithin€one€year€of€entry€of€the€plea,€petitioner€filed€for€post„conviction€relief,€allegingÏineffective€assistance€of€counsel.€€Counsel€was€appointed€to€assist€œpetitioner›€and€filed€an€amendedÏpetition€for€post„conviction€relief.Ìà àThe€trial€court€conducted€an€evidentiary€hearing,€and€announced€findings€of€fact€andÏœconclusions.›€œIt›€determined€that€petitioner€failed€to€carry€the€burden€of€proof€with€the€respect€toÏallegations€of€ineffective€assistance€of€œcounsel.€€It€found›€from€testimony€presented€at€the€hearingÏthat€petitionerððs€counsel€fully€investigated€the€œmatter,›€well€represented€the€petitioner€prior€to€theÏentry€of€a€plea,€investigated€the€case,€interviewed€witnesses,€œand€was›€œdiligent,›€œeffective€and›€able€toÏnegotiate€a€favorable€plea€settlement.€€œThe€trial€court€further€found€that›€petitioner€voluntarily€pleadÏguilty€to€second€degree€œmurder›€and€that€the€plea€was€intelligently€and€knowingly€entered.ÌÌà@ àòòò òFactual€BackgroundÌœà àóóó óOn€October€2,€1993,€police€were€called€by€the€live„in€boyfriend€of€the€victim,€Ms.€Stewart.€ÏThe€boyfriend€had€come€home€and€found€the€nude€body€of€Ms.€Stewart.€€She€had€been€strangledÏand€had€multiple€knife€wounds.€€Witnesses€placed€the€petitioner€trying€to€break€into€the€apartment.€ÏThe€petitioner€signed€a€written€waiver€of€his€rights€and€told€officers€what€he€had€done.€€PetitionerÏtermed€the€multiple€knife€wounds€and€strangulation€as€overkill,€because€he€wanted€to€make€certainÏthe€victim€was€dead€when€he€left€her.€€The€victim€was€pregnant.ÌÌà@ àò òI.òò›Ìó óóóà àAfter€petitioner€was€indicted€on€charges€of€first€degree€murder€and€aggravated€rape,€aÏsenior€assistant€public€defender,€Mike€Engle,€was€appointed€to€represent€petitioner.€€AttorneyÏEngle€had€been€licensed€to€practice€law€in€Tennessee€for€approximately€twenty€œyears›€and€hadÏserved€several€years€in€the€Public€Defenderððs€Office.€€He€had€handled€numerous€criminal€cases,Ïincluding€cases€involving€charges€of€first€degree€murders.Ìà àAttorneys€from€the€Public€Defenderððs€Office€met€and€discussed€the€facts€of€the€case€withÏpetitioner€twenty„two€times.€€Engle€testified€that€they€met€with€petitioner€more€frequently€thanÏsome€other€clients€due€to€the€seriousness€of€the€case.Ìà àThe€attorneys€obtained€full€discovery€from€the€state,€including€both€the€audio€and€videoÏtapes€of€petitionerððs€statements,€as€well€as€the€transcripts.€€œMr.€Engle›€played€the€tapes€forÏpetitioner,€so€that€petitioner€could€review€the€tone€and€inflections€of€his€statements€as€well€as€theÏcontent.€€He€discussed€the€statements€with€petitioner€several€times.€€At€the€preliminary€hearing,ÏAttorney€Engle€was€allowed€to€examine€witnesses€about€the€circumstances€of€the€statements,€andÏafter€a€thorough€investigation€and€discussion,€Attorney€Engle€concluded€that€there€did€not€existÏsufficient€legal€or€factual€grounds€for€a€motion€to€suppress€the€statements.Ìà àPetitioner€alleges€that€the€attorneys€failed€to€interview€two€potential€witnesses.€€However,ÏAttorney€Engle€testified€that€the€witnesses€were€œinterviewed›€and€that€the€testimony€would€not€helpÍthe€defense.€€One€witness€would€have€testified€that€he€drove€petitioner€to€the€scene€of€the€crime€atÏapproximately€the€time€the€murder€occurred.€€The€other€witness€would€have€testified€that€she€spokeÏwith€petitioner€after€the€murder,€€before€he€spoke€to€police,€and€told€him€that€there€was€street€talkÏabout€his€involvement€in€the€murder.Ìà àHis€attorneys€explained€to€petitioner€the€potential€exposure€to€œconviction›œ€and›€the€possibleÏœpunishments›œ.›€œ€Attorney€Engle€testified›€that€petitioner€appeared€to€understand.€€œThe›œ€attorneys›Ïobtained€petitionerððs€consent€to€attempt€plea€bargain€negotiations.€€They€were€able€to€secure€a€pleaÏbargain€to€second€degree€murder,€rather€than€first€degree,€œwith€the€provision€›€that€the€aggravatedÏrape€charge€would€be€dismissed.€€The€transcript€of€the€plea€proceeding€was€made€an€exhibit€to€theÏpost„conviction€petition€œhearing›€and€reveals€that€when€entering€the€plea€of€guilty,€petitioner€assuredÏthe€court€that€he€fully€understood€the€proceedings,€that€he€was€waiving€his€rightÑ€$ÑÇto€a€trial,€waiving€his€right€to€appeal,€and€agreed€to€the€plea€arrangements.€€He€further€told€theÏcourt€that€he€œhad€had›€no€problems€communicating€with€his€œattorney›€œand›œ›€had€no€complaint€about€theÏjob€that€the€attorney€had€done€in€this€case.ÌÌò òà@ àœII.›Ìà àó óà àOn€appeal,€the€trial€courtððs€decision€on€a€petition€for€post„conviction€relief€is€givenÏthe€weight€of€a€jury€verdict,€and€the€findings€of€fact€are€conclusive€on€appeal€absent€a€finding€theÏevidence€preponderates€against€the€judgment.€€òòœClenny›€v.€Stateóó,€576€S.W.2d€12,€14Ï(Tenn.Crim.App.€1978),€œòòcert.óó€òòdeniedóó,›€441€U.S.947,€99€S.Ct.2170€(1979);€òòTaylor€v.€Stateóó,€875ÏS.W.2d€684,€686€(Tenn.Crim.App.€œ1993),€òòperm.óó€òòtoóó€òòappealóó€òòdeniedóó›€(Tenn.€1994).ÌÌà àWhen€a€petition€challenges€the€effective€assistance€of€counsel,€the€petitioner€has€the€burdenÏof€establishing€(1)€deficient€œrepresentation›€and€(2)€prejudice€resulting€from€the€deficiency.€ÏòòStrickland€v.€Washingtonóó,€466€U.S.€668,€686€œ(1984);›€òòFredrick€v.€Stateóó,€906€S.W.2d€927€(Tenn.ÏCrim.€App.€1993).Ìà àDeficient€representation€occurs€when€counsel€provides€assistance€that€falls€below€the€rangeÏof€competence€demanded€of€criminal€defense€attorneys.€€òòBankston€v.€Stateóó,€815€S.W.2d€213,€215Ï(Tenn.Crim.App.€1991).€€Prejudice€is€the€reasonable€likelihood€that,€but€for€deficientÏrepresentation,€the€outcome€of€the€proceeding€would€have€been€different.€€òòOverton€v.€Stateóó,€874ÏS.W.2d€6,€11€(Tenn.€œ1994).Ìà àIn€order€to€prove€prejudice€in€the€context€of€a€guilty€plea,€the€petitioner€must€demonstrateÏthat€there€is€a€reasonable€probability€that,€but€for€counselððs€errors,€he€would€not€have€pleadedÏguilty€and€would€have€insisted€on€going€to€trial.€€òòHill€v.€Lockhartóó,€474€U.S.€52,€58„59,€106€S.Ct.Ï366,€370,€88€L.€Ed.€2d€203€(1985);€òòseeóó€òòBailey€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).Ì›Ìà@ àœò òIII.›Ìà àó óThe€petitioner€has€failed€to€establish€that€the€evidence€preponderates€against€the€judgment€ofÏthe€trial€court.€€He€did€not€establish€that€his€representation€was€deficient,€nor€did€he€show€prejudiceÏresulting€from€a€deficient€representation.Ìà àWe€agree€with€the€trial€court€that€the€petitionerððs€claim€of€ineffective€assistance€of€counsel€isÏwithout€merit.€€Accordingly,€we€affirm€the€trial€courtððs€judgment.ÌœÓÓÌÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àà à__________________________Ìà àà àà àà àà àà àà àà àJOE€H.€WALKER,€IIIÌà àà àà àà àà àà àà àà àSp.€JUDGEÌÌCONCUR:ÌÌ_______________________ÌJOE€G.€RILEY,€JUDGEÌÌ______________________ÌJ.€CURWOOD€WHITT,€JR.,€JUDGEò òÌó ó›