Nelson v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault of a fourteen-year-old boy. The Supreme Court affirmed. Appellant subsequently filed a pro se petition for postconviction relief, claiming dissatisfaction with the trial judge, trial error, and ineffective assistance of counsel. The trial court denied the petition. The Supreme Court dismissed Appellant’s appeal and mooted Appellant’s motion for extension of time to file his brief-in-chief, holding (1) the allegations concerning the judge’s conduct did not rise to a showing of fundamental error sufficient to void the judgment; (2) Appellant failed to establish that his attorney was ineffective; and (3) Appellant did not establish that any claim of trial error raised in the petition was sufficient to void the judgment in his case.
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