Stewart v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was found guilty of the rape of twenty-three-year-old J.H., who was incapable of consent by virtue of her mental age of six or seven years. Appellant was sentenced to 840 months’ imprisonment. Appellant subsequently filed a pro se petition for postconviction relief, alleging that he was afforded ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. The trial court denied the petition after a hearing. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that Appellant failed to establish that his counsel’s performance was deficient in any respect.
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