Hale v. State
Annotate this CaseAppellant William Hale was convicted of internet stalking and was sentenced to 276 months' imprisonment. The court of appeals affirmed. Appellant subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief, asserting several instances of ineffective assistance of counsel and prosecutor misconduct. The circuit court denied Appellant's petition. The Supreme Court affirmed the order of the circuit court, holding (1) Appellant's series of allegations of ineffective assistance of counsel were entirely conclusory in nature in that there was no factual substantiation to demonstrate how Appellant's counsel specifically prejudiced the defense; and (2) Appellant's claims of prosecutorial misconduct were not cognizable in a petition for postconviction relief.
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