Curtis Watkins v. State of Tennessee

The Petitioner, Curtis W atkins, appeals the order of the Shelby County Criminal Court denying his petition for post-conviction relief. The Petitioner pled guilty to aggravated rape in 1981 and received a sentence of twenty (20) years. In 1992, he filed the present petition alleging that, (1) his guilty plea was involuntary because he was not ad vised of his right again st self-incrimination, and (2) that he received ine ffective assistance of counsel.1 The trial court denied the petition after an evidentiary hearing. After a thorough re view of the record before this Court, we affirm the trial court’s judgment pursuant to Rule 20 of the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.