Rodgers v. State

Appellant, Lennie Rodgers, appeals the dismissal of a postconviction motion challenging his conviction and sentence, which he entitled “Writ of Habeas Corpus for Illegal Detainment and Ineffective Assistance of Counsel by Deprivation of Constitutional Rights.” The gist of his motion was that his trial counsel was ineffective for not attempting to suppress statements obtained from a recording device during a sting inside his home and for advising him to enter a plea. Because we find no jurisdictional problem with the circuit court’s ability to review the merits of Mr. Rodgers’ motion, we…