Opinion ID: 852831
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Heading: Performance of Graves' Counsel

Text: In the present case, petitioner's counsel Lewis appeared at the post-conviction relief hearing, directly examined Graves on his recollection of the plea hearing, tendered an affidavit of the presiding judge stating he had no recollection of the plea hearing, and submitted an affidavit stating the court reporter at the time of the plea hearing was no longer available. (1st P-CR Tr. at 63-74). Lewis certainly did not abandon Graves. Here, the evidence presented at the post-conviction relief hearing thus does not lead unerringly and unmistakably to a conclusion opposite that of the post-conviction court. Williams v. State, 706 N.E.2d 149, 154 (Ind.1999) (quoting Weatherford v. State, 619 N.E.2d 915 (Ind.1993)).