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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE
Assigned on Briefs September 25, 2001

DAYNELLE M. KYLE v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Direct Appeal from the Criminal Court for Knox County
No. 70678 Ray L. Jenkins, Judge

No. E2001-00326-CCA-R3-PC
October 18, 2001

The petitioner was convicted of possession of cocaine with intent to sell and sentenced to twelve years in confinement. His conviction was affirmed by this court on direct appeal.  He then filed a petition for post-conviction relief alleging, inter alia, that trial counsel was ineffective. Following a hearing, the post-conviction court denied relief, and the petitioner appealed.  After a thorough 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
ALAN E. GLENN, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which JOSEPH M. TIPTON and JOE G. RILEY, JJ., joined.
Albert J. Newman, Jr., Knoxville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Daynelle M. Kyle.
Paul G. Summers, Attorney General and Reporter; Elizabeth B. Marney, Assistant Attorney General; Randall E. Nichols, District Attorney General; C. Leon Franks, Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, State of Tennessee.

OPINION
The petitioner, Daynelle M. Kyle, appeals as of right from the dismissal by the Knox County Criminal Court of his petition for post-conviction relief.  He was convicted in October 1997 of one count of possession of .5 grams or more of cocaine with intent to sell, a Class B felony, and received a sentence of tw elv e years, as a Range I, standard offender, in the Tennessee Department of Correction.  The petitioner

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