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IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS OFAT NASHVILLE AUGUST 1997 SESSION
TENNESSEE

FILED

September 18, 1997
Cecil W. Crowson
Appellate Court Clerk

WILLIAM R. WATERS )

Appellant, VS. STATE OF TENNESSEE Appellee.  ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )  C.C.A. NO. 01C01-9610-CR-00418 DAVIDSON COUNTY Hon. Thomas H. Shriver Judge (Post-Conviction)  
FOR THE APPELLANT:  FOR THE APPELLEE:  
DWIGHT E. SCOTT 4024 Colorado Avenue Nashville, Tennessee 37209  JOHN KNOX WALKUP Attorney General and Reporter  
PETER M. COUGHLAN Assistant Attorney General Criminal Justice Division 450 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37209  
MARY HAUSMAN Assistant District Attorney Washington Square Building 222 Second Avenue North Nashville, Tennessee 37201  
OPINION FILED:____________________  
AFFIRMED  
JOE H. WALKER, III Sp. JUDGE  

The petitioner entered a plea of guilty to second degree murder, and received a twenty year sentence as a standard offender.  
He appeals from the denial of a petition for post-conviction relief, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel.  He was assisted by an attorney at the post-conviction hearing, and his petition was denied after a hearing.
On appeal, his attorney asserts that the court erred in denying relief based on ineffective assistance of counsel, and that trial counsel

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