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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT NASHVILLE
Assigned on Briefs June 18, 2008

JOHN R. THOMPSON v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Direct Appeal from the Circuit Court for Bedford County
No. 10595 J. B. Cox, Judge

No. M2007-02035-CCA-R3-PC - Filed July 3, 2008
A Bedford County jury convicted the Petitioner of seventeen crimes involving his sexual contact with three minor girls, and this Court affirmed those judgments on appeal.  The Petitioner filed a petition for post-conviction relief alleging that he failed to receive the effective assistance of counsel. The post-conviction court denied the petition, and, after a thorough review of the record and applicable law, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.

Tenn. R. App. P. 3 Appeal as of Right; Judgment of the Circuit Court Affirmed
ROBERT W. WEDEMEYER, J., delivered the opinion of the court, in which JERRY L. SMITH and NORMA MCGEE OGLE, JJ., joined.
Hershel D. Koger, Pulaski, Tennessee, for the Appellant, John. R. Thompson.
Robert E. Cooper, Jr., Attorney General and Reporter; Michael E. Moore, Solicitor General; Rachel West Harmon, Assistant Attorney General; Chuck Crawford, District Attorney General; Michael D. Randles and Ann L. Filer, Assistant District Attorneys General, for the Appellee, the State of Tennessee.
OPINION
I. Facts
The Petitioner

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