Dir. of the Dep't of Corr. v. Kozich

Opinion by Justice D. ARTHUR KELSEY.

**505 The circuit court issued a writ of habeas corpus to Douglas Todd Kozich, finding that his trial counsel had violated the Sixth **506 Amendment guarantee of effective legal representation by not timely filing, and obtaining a ruling on, a motion seeking a reconsideration of Kozich's sentence. Disagreeing with several aspects of the court's reasoning, we nonetheless affirm the judgment granting the writ in this case on alternative grounds legally supported by the habeas court's factual findings.

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In 2013, Kozich pled guilty to one count of grand larceny…