Justin L. Horstead v. State of Tennessee

In 2013, the Petitioner, Justin L. Horstead, entered a best interest plea to aggravated robbery.  The trial court sentenced him in accordance with the plea agreement to ten years, to be served concurrently with a previous probationary sentence of six years.  The Petitioner timely filed a petition for post-conviction relief alleging that he had received the ineffective assistance of counsel and that, but for counsel’s errors, he would have insisted on taking his case to trial.  After a hearing, the post-conviction court denied the petition.  On appeal, the Petitioner contends that the post-conviction court erred when it denied his petition.  We affirm the post-conviction court’s judgment.