Opinion
C.C.A. No. 03C01-9807-CC-00256.
August 12, 1999.
COCKE COUNTY, Honorable Ben W. Hooper II, Judge, (Post-Conviction)
AFFIRMED
FOR THE APPELLANT:
SUSANNA LAWS-THOMAS, Assistant Public Defender.
FOR THE APPELLEE:
PAUL G. SUMMERS, Attorney General Reporter, TODD R. KELLEY, Assistant Attorney General, AL C. SCHMUTZER, JR., District Attorney General, JAMES BRUCE DUNN, Assistant District Attorney General.
OPINION
Billy Joe Sisk appeals from a judgment of the Circuit Court of Cocke County dismissing his petition for post-conviction relief. The petitioner was convicted of aggravated assault and second degree murder and was sentenced to concurrent terms of three and eighteen years respectively. This Court affirmed his convictions and sentences on direct appeal. See State v. Billy Joe Sisk, Cocke County, No. 03C01-9410-CR-00367 (Tenn.Crim.App. filed January 17, 1997, at Knoxville).
On June 23, 1997, the petitioner filed a pro se motion for post-conviction relief, alleging that his trial counsel was ineffective. The trial court granted an evidentiary hearing and, finding no merit to the petitioners allegations, dismissed the petition.
After carefully reviewing the record and arguments of counsel, we conclude that the evidence does not preponderate against the findings of the trial court, and we find no error of law mandating reversal. Therefore, pursuant to Rule 20 of the Court of Criminal Appeals, we AFFIRM the judgment of the trial court.
______________________________ JOHN EVERETT WILLIAMS, Judge
CONCUR:
______________________________ JOHN H. PEAY, Judge
______________________________ DAVID G. HAYES, Judge