Steele v. State

DICKSON, Justice.

Defendant Wade A. Steele was found guilty of murder, theft, and robbery. In this direct appeal he seeks reversal of his convictions, claiming ineffective assistance of counsel due to allegedly inadequate preparation and conduct of trial. The issue was raised in the defendant’s motion to correct errors, pursuant to which an evi-dentiary hearing was held. The defendant now claims the following failures of trial counsel: (a) not spending enough trial preparation time with the defendant; (b) not investigating and obtaining proof of the defendant’s claim that he called the local…