Ramsey v. Thompson

Petitioner appeals from an adverse judgment in this action for post-conviction relief. ORS 138.650. He raises two assignments of error: (1) the trial court erred in determining that his criminal trial counsel's failure to call two witnesses and alleged “conflict of interest” did not breach the standard of constitutionally adequate representation; and (2) the court erred in denying his pretrial motion to amend his petition. We reject the first assignment of error without further discussion. However, we conclude that the trial court abused its discretion in denying petitioner’s motion to amend…