Hall v. State

The court’s acceptance of Hall’s guilty plea and its finding of guilt are not contested. The only issue raised is whether Hall was denied effective counsel at sentencing because the same lawyer represented both Hall and Dixon.

The record shows that Hall’s attorney made a sentencing plea to the court in which he stated that Dixon should receive the more lenient sentence of the two. He stated that Dixon “was the less . . . aggressive in the act,” and that he had been “the victim of circumstances and the people surrounding him.”

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