Melvin Peacock v. State of Tennessee

Through his 2000 post-conviction petition, Melvin Peacock seeks to avoid his 1996 Davidson County jury convictions of possession of cocaine for resale and felony possession of a weapon, for which he received an effective sentence of 20 years. After appointing post-conviction counsel and holding an evidentiary hearing on the petitioner's single issue of whether he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel, the lower court denied post-conviction relief. Because the record supports the court's decision, we affirm.