Swaney v. State
Annotate this CaseIn 2008, Appellant was convicted of three counts of first-degree murder and four counts of second-degree murder. Appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of release. The Supreme Court affirmed on appeal. In 2012, Appellant filed a petition for postconviction relief, alleging numerous trial errors as well as ineffective assistance of counsel. The postconviction court summarily denied most of Appellant’s claims on the ground that they were procedurally barred. Following an evidentiary hearing, the court denied Appellant’s remaining ineffective assistance of counsel claims. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) most of Defendant’s claims were procedurally barred, and therefore, the postconviction court did not abuse its discretion by denying them without granting an evidentiary hearing; and (2) the district court did not err when it denied several of Appellant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claims after an evidentiary hearing.
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