Robert Donterious Conner v. State of Tennessee

Petitioner, Robert D.Conner, appeals the post-conviction court’s dismissalof his petition for post-conviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. Petitioner attacks his convictions for second degree murder and aggravated assault following a jury trial in which he was charged with first degree murder and aggravated assault. The sole ground for relief argued on appeal is that Petitioner was denied effective assistance of counsel because trial counsel failed to file a written motion pre-trial for the severance of offenses, since the charges involved two different victims and occurred on different days. After a thorough review of the parties’ briefs and the record, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee.