Hayes v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseFollowing a jury trial, Appellant Jeffrey Hayes was found guilty of rape and kidnapping. The court of appeals affirmed. Appellant subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief, alleging several grounds, including ineffective assistance of counsel, jury misconduct, judicial bias, perjury by a witness, and prosecutorial misconduct. The circuit court denied his petition. On appeal, the Supreme Court affirmed, holding, inter alia, that Appellant failed to demonstrate actual prejudice in his assertion that his counsel was ineffective for (1) failing to interview and call two witnesses to testify, (2) failing to file a motion to suppress Appellant's statements to police, and (3) failing to dismiss a potential male juror in his trial whom Appellant claimed was the victim of a violent crime.
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