John H. Frasure, III v. State of Tennessee

The petitioner, John H. Frasure, III, appeals the Shelby County Criminal Court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief from his guilty plea to especially aggravated robbery, a Class A felony, and theft of property valued over ten thousand dollars but less than sixty thousand dollars, a Class C felony. The trial court sentenced the petitioner as a violent offender to fifteen years in the Tennessee Department of Correction for the especially aggravated robbery conviction and as a Range I, standard offender to three years for the theft of property conviction, to be served concurrently. The petitioner claims that he received the ineffective assistance of counsel because his trial attorney (1) failed to prepare adequately for trial because she did not interview any witnesses for the case and did not hire an investigator to assist with the case; (2) did not subpoena witnesses for a hearing to suppress the petitioner's confession or trial; (3) failed to investigate thoroughly his mental condition; and (4) failed to file a change of venue motion. We affirm the trial court's denial of the petition.