Adrian Wilkerson v. State of Tennessee

This is an appeal from the denial of post-conviction relief. A Davidson County jury originally convicted the petitioner and a co-defendant of first degree felony murder, especially aggravated robbery, and theft over $1,000. The petitioner is serving an effective sentence of life imprisonment plus 25 years. In this appeal, the petitioner contends he received ineffective assistance of counsel due to counsel's failure to interview witnesses and failure to raise on direct appeal the trial court's denial of severance from his co-defendant. After a review of the record, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.