Manley v. State
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of elevated aggravated assault. Defendant was sentenced to twenty-two years in prison for the elevated aggravated assault and a concurrent six months in prison for the violation of a condition of release. The Supreme Court affirmed the conviction on Defendant’s direct appeal. Defendant later filed a petition for post-conviction relief, alleging that his trial counsel provided ineffective assistance. The post-conviction court denied Defendant’s petition. The Supreme Judicial Court affirmed the post-conviction court’s denial of Defendant’s petition, holding that the court did not err in finding that Defendant failed to demonstrate that his trial counsel did not provide “reasonably effective assistance” as required by Strickland v. Washington.
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