Bienemy v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAppellant Joseph Bienemy was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to a term of life imprisonment without parole. The Supreme Court affirmed his conviction and sentence. Subsequently, Appellant filed a petition for postconviction relief, asserting that his trial counsel was ineffective. The trial court denied Appellant's original petition as well as his request to file an amended petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the trial court did not err in denying Appellant's requested relief as he failed to satisfy the Strickland v. Washington test establishing that his counsel's performance was deficient; and (2) Appellant's constitutional rights were not violated when the circuit court denied him the right to file an amended petition because the court (a) did not conduct an evidentiary hearing, and (b) required Appellant to comply with a page-length limitation.
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