BEECHEM v. STATE

No. W2010-02271-CCA-R3-PC.

CURTIS BEECHEM, v. STATE OF TENNESSEE.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee, at Jackson.

Filed July 2, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Working , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellant, Curtis Beechem.

Robert E. Cooper, Jr. , Attorney General and Reporter; J. Ross Dyer , Assistant Attorney General; Amy P. Weirich , District Attorney General; and Abby Wallace , Assistant District Attorney General, for the appellee, the State of Tennessee.

THOMAS T. WOODALL, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which ALAN E. GLENN and JEFFREY S. BIVINS, JJ., joined.


OPINION

THOMAS T. WOODALL, J.

Petitioner, Curtis Beechem, pled guilty to first degree murder and attempted aggravated robbery. He received sentences of life for first degree murder and four years for attempted aggravated robbery to be served concurrently. In this appeal from the denial of the post-conviction relief, Petitioner asserts that his guilty plea was not knowing and voluntary because the trial court and trial counsel misinformed him as to the length...

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