Richard E. Reed v. State of Tennessee

Petitioner, Richard E. Reed, appeals as of right from the Knox County Criminal Court’s
denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, wherein he challenged convictions for
possession with intent to sell 0.5 grams or more of cocaine in a drug-free school zone;
possession with intent to deliver 0.5 grams or more of cocaine in a drug-free school zone;
possession with intent to sell 0.5 grams or more of cocaine within a drug-free childcare
zone; possession with intent to deliver 0.5 grams or more in a drug-free childcare zone;
possession of a firearm during the commission of a dangerous felony; and unlawful
possession of a weapon by a convicted felon, for which the trial court imposed an effective
twenty-year sentence. On appeal, Petitioner asserts that he received ineffective assistance
of appellate counsel for failure to include an offer-of-proof transcript in the appellate
record; that the trial court erred by denying his motion to suppress; and that he was denied
due process because he was not permitted to testify or call trial counsel as a witness at the
post-conviction hearing. After a thorough review of the record, we affirm the judgment of
the post-conviction court.