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Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief-Effectiveness Of Counsel-Cross Examination
Staff Report//March 7, 2024//
Criminal Law: Post-Conviction Relief-Effectiveness Of Counsel-Cross Examination
Staff Report//March 7, 2024//
Where a defendant challenged the denial of post-conviction relief, arguing that his trial counsel was ineffective for failing to object to an allegedly improper cross examination, the judgment is affirmed because counsel articulated a reasonable trial strategy, and defendant was not prejudiced.
Judgment is affirmed.
Blade v. State (MLW No. 81209/Case No. SD38089 – 8 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Southern District, Sheffield, J.) Appealed from circuit court, Greene County, Jones, J. (Mark Allen Grothoff, Columbia, for appellant) (Dora A. Fichter, Jefferson City, for respondent).
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