Matthews v. State
Annotate this CaseA jury found Appellant Terry Matthews guilty of aggravated robbery. Appellant subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief, arguing ineffective assistance of counsel at trial. The circuit court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding, inter alia, that (1) counsel was not ineffective for failing to raise a speedy-trial argument because Appellant was not denied the right to a speedy trial; (2) counsel was not ineffective by not objecting to testimony regarding Appellant's history of drug and alcohol abuse because counsel's decision was the product of reasonable professional judgment; and (3) counsel was not ineffective for failing to object during closing argument because Appellant did not establish that he was denied a fair trial by the failure to object.
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