Henson v. State
Annotate this CaseAppellant Jim Henson pled guilty to first-degree sexual assault and failure to appear. Appellant filed a petition for postconviction relief, asserting ineffective assistance of counsel. The circuit court denied Appellant's petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not clearly err as (1) the evidence supported the circuit court's findings that Appellant's guilty pleas were voluntarily and intelligently made; (2) the evidence showed that Appellant's guilty pleas were made on the advice of competent counsel; (3) Appellant failed to show there was a reasonable probability that, had a mental evaluation been requested by counsel on the day Appellant pled guilty, the outcome of the proceeding would have been different; and (4) Appellant did not demonstrate prejudice by his sentence.
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