Anderson v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of five counts of committing a terroristic act and one count of possession of a firearm by a felon. The court of appeals affirmed. Appellant subsequently filed a pro se petition for postconviction relief, alleging, among other things, that his counsel was ineffective. The trial court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that counsel did not provide ineffective assistance for (1) deciding not to challenge the information; (2) not challenging the jury instructions or verdict forms that tracked the elements of the charged crimes; and (3) failing to make a sufficient motion for a directed verdict to preserve a sufficiency-of-evidence argument for appeal.
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