State v. Beecroft

The plurality reverses the guilty verdict in this case, not because it concludes that there was prejudicial error in the trial, but because the plurality concludes that reversal is in the “interests of justice.” In my view, this is not a case where we should resort to our supervisory powers over the administration of justice to reverse. I also disagree with the concurrence that the performance of Beecroft’s counsel requires a new trial. I therefore dissent. I would affirm the verdict and the decision of the *859postconviction court to deny Beecroft’s petition for postconviction relief.

Beecroft…