APPELLATE COURT OPINIONS

Defendant Ronald Lockhart appeals as of right from his conviction by a Hamblen County jury of driving under the influence, third offense, and driving with a revoked license. Defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his conviction of driving under the influence. After a careful review of the record, we find no error, and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

The petitioner, Kenneth Weems, appeals the trial court's denial of his petition for post-conviction relief. The single issue presented for review is whether the petitioner was denied the effective assistance of counsel for having failed to timely file an interlocutory appeal of an order denying the suppression of certain of the state's evidence. We find no error and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Petitioner was convicted of theft and felony escape, and brought a post-conviction proceeding challenging his convictions. The petition was denied by the trial court. We affirm the dismissal of the petition.

The defendant, Robert Emmet Dunlap, Jr., was convicted on three counts of the sale of cocaine, a Schedule II controlled substance. See Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-17-417(a)(3). Fines totaled $225,000.00. The trial court imposed sentences of ten years on each count to be served concurrently with each other but consecutively to a prior sentence for a conviction in Montgomery County.

This case came to be heard on the motion of the State of Tennessee for an affirmance of the judgment of the trial court pursuant to Rule 20 of the Rules of the Court of Criminal Appeals. In November 1997, the petitioner pleaded guilty to possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. Pursuant to his plea agreement, he was sentenced to one year at thirty percent (30%), with this sentence to be served consecutively to a sentence from Texas. The petitioner was apparently returned to Texas following his guilty plea, but Tennessee authorities have lodged a detainer against him providing for his return to serve his Tennessee sentence upon  completion of his Texas sentence.

Appellant, Rochelle Andre Triplett, pled guilty to aggravated assault, simple assault, criminal impersonation, and possession of drug paraphernalia in March 1998. He received an effective three-year sentence and was placed on probation.  In June 1998, his probation officer filed a probation violation warrant alleging failure to report and failure to pay fines and costs. The trial court conducted a full revocation hearing, found appellant in violation and revoked his probation.  Appellant challenges that revocation. We AFFIRM.