George Washington Matthews v. State of Tennessee

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The Petitioner, George Washington Matthews, appeals from the Lake County Circuit Court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, arguing that trial counsel provided ineffective assistance by: (1) failing to use a peremptory challenge to remove a juror who knew that the Petitioner had been an inmate at the penitentiary (2) failing to object to testimony that the Petitioner previously had been incarcerated and (3) failing to advise the Petitioner of the State's settlement offer of three years. We affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.