Travis Parson v. State of Tennessee

Petitioner, Travis Parson, was convicted of two counts of especially aggravated robbery and one count of criminally negligent homicide. He was sentenced to consecutive sentences of twenty years for each robbery conviction, and a concurrent sentence of two years for his homicide conviction, for a total effective sentence of forty years. On direct appeal, this Court ruled that the record did not support consecutive sentencing, and that dual convictions for especially aggravated robbery violated principles of double jeopardy. We therefore modified one of the convictions to aggravated assault and remanded that conviction for sentencing. His total effective sentence was amended and reduced to twenty years. In September 2004, Petitioner filed a pro se petition for post-conviction relief alleging ineffective assistance of counsel. Counsel was appointed and an amended petition was filed.  The post-conviction court subsequently denied relief. Petitioner now appeals that denial arguing that counsel was ineffective for (1) failing to present a second defense of misidentification, and (2) failing to call Petitioner’s mother to “bolster” his alibi.