Rhodes v. State
Annotate this CaseAppellant Tilton Rhodes was convicted of rape and second-degree sexual assault of a twelve-year-old girl and was sentenced to 120 months' imprisonment for each offense. Appellant filed a petition for postconviction relief, alleging that he received ineffective assistance of counsel because counsel allegedly failed to prepare witnesses and to introduce evidence. The trial court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court's findings were not clearly erroneous as Appellant (1) failed to demonstrate how he was prejudiced by the amount of time that defense counsel spent with witnesses, and (2) Appellant failed to carry his burden of proving deficient conduct and prejudice with regard to counsel's failure to anticipate a hearsay objection to certain evidence that counsel was unable to introduce.
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