Grant v. Commissioner of Correction

LENWORTH CHARLES GRANT v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION (SC 20561) Robinson, C. J., and McDonald, D’Auria, Mullins, Kahn, Ecker and Keller, Js. Syllabus The petitioner, who had been convicted, on a guilty plea under North Caro- lina v. Alford ( 400 U.S. 25), of risk of injury to a child and strangulation in the third degree in connection with a domestic violence incident in which he assaulted the victim in the presence of their minor child, sought a writ of habeas corpus, claiming ineffective assistance of trial counsel. The petitioner’s trial counsel, C, had engaged in numerous plea…