Nims v. State

SACKETT, Judge.

Petitioner William James Nims, Jr., appeals from the district court’s denial of his application for postconviction relief from his 1983 conviction for kidnapping in the first degree. Nims alleges he received ineffective assistance of counsel during his 1983 criminal trial in the following respects: (1) trial counsel failed to seek exclusion of inadmissible evidence, (2) trial counsel failed to submit evidence favorable to Nims, (3) trial counsel failed to request appropriate instructions or to adequately use given instructions in his final argument and (4) trial counsel failed…