Williams v. State

OPINION

DAUGHTREY, Judge.

In this post-conviction proceeding the petitioner contends that he was denied his constitutionally guaranteed right to the effective assistance of counsel at trial.

As previously summarized by this court in an opinion affirming Williams’ conviction on direct appeal, the facts are relatively simple:

The owners, Mr. and Mrs. Hollings-worth, and two of their customers were in Hollingsworth’s Grocery Store on the night it was robbed at gunpoint. In an exchange of gunfire, Mr. Hollingsworth was critically wounded in the chest, and the appellant was wounded in the side.…