Cooper v. State

OPINION

ANDERSON, Justice.

In this post-conviction proceeding the sole issue before this Court is whether the petitioner, Vernon Cooper, was denied his right under the United States Constitution to the effective assistance of counsel on direct appeal to this Court. After an evi-dentiary hearing, the trial court found no merit to the petitioner’s claim. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.

BACKGROUND

The petitioner was convicted in February 1985, for the first-degree murder of his estranged wife and sentenced to death by electrocution. The case was heard by this Court on direct appeal, and…