Larry J. Bradley v. State of Tennessee
Syllabus
Petitioner, Larry J. Bradley, appeals from the Montgomery County Circuit Court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief related to his convictions for evading arrest, attempted carjacking, aggravated burglary, and assault. Petitioner argues that the post-conviction court erred in denying relief based upon his claims that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because (1) trial counsel argued that Petitioner was guilty of attempted carjacking without consulting with Petitioner and (2) trial counsel failed to properly determine the felony classification for Petitioner's Indiana convictions for purposes of sentencing. He also argues the \Circuit Court erred in denying [Petitioner's] petition to set aside the sentence on the attempted carjacking conviction due to the ineffective assistance of counsel.\ After a thorough review of the record, we affirm the judgment of the post-conviction court.
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- holding that a federal court in a state habeas case may address only federal constitutional violations, not abuses of discretion by a state court under state law
- holding federal courts in state habeas cases address only federal 22 constitutional violations, not abuse of discretion under state law
- noting that federal courts in state habeas cases 16 address only federal constitutional violations, not “abuse of discretion” under state law
- stating that federal habeas relief is available “only for constitutional violation[s], not for abuse of discretion”
- holding federal courts in state habeas cases address only federal 22 constitutional violations, not abuse of discretion under state law
- characterizing defense argument as “trash” was not directed at defense counsel and was not misconduct
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