Detherow v. State (Per Curiam)
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Appellant was found guilty of manslaughter and third-degree battery. The court of appeals affirmed. Appellant subsequently filed a pro se petition for postconviction relief under Ark. R. Crim. P. 37.1, claiming that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial. The trial court denied the petition. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) Appellant was not prejudiced by counsel’s failure to object in the guilt phase to an erroneous instruction; (2) Appellant’s second allegation of error was too vague to constitute a showing of ineffective assistance under Strickland; and (3) Appellant’s claim that the trial court erred when it failed to appoint counsel to represent him in the Rule 37.1 proceeding was not preserved for appeal.
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