Robert Glen Gray v. State of Tennessee

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Petitioner, Robert Glen Gray, appeals as of right from the McNairy County Circuit Court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief, wherein he challenged his convictions for two counts of delivery of more than 0.5 grams of methamphetamine. On appeal, Petitioner asserts that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel because counsel (1) told Petitioner that he could \beat the charges\ and obtain convictions for simple possession/casual exchange of methamphetamine (2) failed to file a motion to sever (3) failed to review the entirety of the discovery materials with Petitioner, specifically the laboratory report on the methamphetamine and photographs of Petitioner exchanging money and drugs and (4) failed to explain the State's plea offer \in its entirety.\ Following our review, we affirm.