Mitchell Bowers v. State of Tennessee

The petitioner, Mitchell Bowers, was convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment in 1997. He appeals the denial of his post-conviction petitioner in which he asserted that trial counsel was ineffective in: (1) failing to advise him that he was not required to testify in his own behalf at trial, and (2) failing to disclose that counsel had previously represented the victim.  Upon review, we conclude that the evidence does not preponderate against the findings of the post-conviction court; therefore, we affirm.