May v. State
May v. State
Opinion of the Court
James O. May appeals the denial of his motion for postconviction relief in which he raised five grounds of ineffective assistance of counsel. We affirm the trial court’s denial of grounds one, two, three, and five without discussion. However, we reverse the summary denial of ground four and remand for further proceedings.
In ground four, May asserted that trial counsel was ineffective for failing to properly interview, during the voir dire, three prospective jurors who had relatives involved in law enforcement. The trial court summarily denied this claim based on a
Affirmed in part, reversed in part, and remanded for further proceedings.
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