Poe v. State

Petitioner, Harvey Cecil Poe, was convicted as a habitual criminal of aggravated robbery and was sentenced by the Ashley Circuit Court to life imprisonment. His conviction was affirmed on June 27, 1984, by the Court of Appeals in an unpublished opinion in Case No. CACR84-30. Poe, represented by counsel, now seeks permission to file a Rule 37 petition in the trial court for a new trial because of ineffective assistance of counsel. We grant the petition only with respect to the allegation that the appointed trial counsel, Bing Colvin, failed to interview and subpoena two alibi witnesses for the…