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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OF TENNESSEE
AT KNOXVILLE
Assigned on Briefs April 25, 2012

STEVEN LINTON GRIFFITH v. STATE OF TENNESSEE
Appeal from the Criminal Court for Sullivan County
No. C58,520 Robert H. Montgomery, Jr., Judge

No. E2011-01506-CCA-R3-PC - Filed October 3, 2012
Petitioner, Steven Linton G riffith, w as convicted in Sullivan County of both the sale and delivery of cocaine within 1,000 feet of a school zone. See State v. Steve G riffith, N o. E2008-01962-CCA-R3-CD, 2009 W L 1956713, at *1 (Tenn. Crim. A pp., at Knoxville, Jul. 8, 2009), perm . app. denied, (Tenn. Dec. 14, 2009).  The trial court merged the convictions into a single judgment. Appellant appealed. Id. This Court affirmed the judgment of the trial court on appeal. Id. A ppellant filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief in which he argued that he received ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. A fter a hearing, the post

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