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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TENNESSEE

FILED
AT KNOXVILLE

April 12, 1999 Cecil Crowson, Jr.
STATE OF TENNESSEE ) FOR PUBLICATION


Appellate Court Clerk
)

Plaintiff-Appellee  )  FILED:  APRIL 12, 1999  
)  
v.  )  KNOX COUNTY  
)  
GERALD PATRICK SMALL  )  HON. MARY BETH LEIBOWITZ,  
)  JUDGE
Defendant-Appellant  )  
)  NO. 03-S-01-9804-CR-00038  
For Appellant:  For Appellee:  
KENNETH F. IRVINE, JR.  JOHN KNOX WALKUP  
Knoxville, TN  Attorney General and Reporter  
MICHAEL E. MOORE  
Solicitor General  
ELIZABETH T. RYAN  
Assistant Attorney General  
Nashville, TN  
RANDALL E. NICHOLS  
District Attorney General  
WILLIAM J. BLEVINS  
Assistant District Attorney General  
Knoxville, TN  
OPINION  

We granted permission to appeal in this case in order to
determine whether an accused who has intelligently and voluntarily
waived the right to counsel and chosen to proceed pro se is
constitutionally entitled to the assistance of advisory counsel.1
We conclude that there is no such constitutional entitlement and
that the appointment of such advisory counsel is a matter entirely
within the discretion of the trial court.  Here, the trial court
declined to appoint advisory counsel.  For the reasons below
stated, we find the trial court

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