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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT JACKSON
Assigned on Briefs May 5, 2009

CARL STEVENSON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Shelby County
No. 04-00325 Carolyn Wade Blackett, Judge

No. W2007-01658-CCA-R3-PC  - Filed October 19, 2009
The petitioner, Carl Stevenson, appeals the judgment of the Shelby County Criminal Court denying his petition for post-conviction relief.  The petitioner, pursuant to a negotiated plea agreement, pled guilty to criminal attempt murder in the first degree and especially aggravated robbery and received a concurrent sentence of 15 years in the Department of Correction.  On appeal, he contends that the post-conviction court erred when it found that the petitioner failed to prove by clear and convincing evidence that he had received ineffective assistance of counsel.  After review, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Criminal Court Affirmed
J.C.
MCLIN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which THOMAS T. WOODALL and CAMILLE R. MCMULLEN, JJ., joined.

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Andrew Hutchinson, Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Carl Stevenson.


Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Melissa Roberge, Assistant Attorney General; William L. Gibbons, District Attorney General; and Dennis Johnson, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION
1. Facts
A. Guilty Plea Hearing
A Shelby County Grand Jury indicted the petitioner for criminal attempt first degree murder and especially aggravated robbery on January 15, 2004. On August 15, 2005, the petitioner entered guilty pleas to the offenses as charged.
During the plea submission hearing on August 15, 2005, the trial court and the petitioner engaged in the following colloquy:
By The Court:
Q:  Mr. Stevenson, you understand that you don

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