Arrington v. Collins

HINES, Justice.

This is an appeal by the warden from the grant of criminal defendant Terry Collins’s application for writ of habeas corpus. The habeas court granted the writ after finding that Collins’s appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the grant of habeas corpus relief.

After firing three privately-retained attorneys, Collins proceeded pro se at a jury trial in 2001, and was found guilty of trafficking in cocaine; he received a sentence of 30 years, 25 years of which were to be served in prison. Following the denial of his motion for new…