Holloway v. State (Majority)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was convicted of second-degree murder and sentenced to thirty years' imprisonment. The court of appeals affirmed. Defendant subsequently filed a petition for postconviction relief, alleging ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The circuit court denied the petition without a hearing. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding that the circuit court did not clearly err in denying Defendant's petition for postconviction relief without a hearing, as Defendant failed to meet his burden of demonstrating that his trial counsel's performance was deficient and that he was prejudiced by this deficient performance to the extent he was deprived of a fair trial.
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