State v. Anthony R. Pico

*281¶ 1 A jury convicted Anthony R. Pico of sexually assaulting a young girl.1 Mr. Pico believes there is a reasonable probability that, absent his trial counsel's alleged constitutional ineffectiveness, this conviction would not have occurred. The circuit court agreed, and so set aside his conviction.2 The court of appeals did not agree, and so reinstated the conviction.3

¶ 2 Mr. Pico asked us to review his case because he believes the court of appeals did not properly defer *282to the circuit court's findings of fact when conducting the ineffective assistance of counsel analysis required by…